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Conservative Research Department, copies of opinion polling surveys, many with attached papers by Keith Britto (CRD), January 1976- August 1978, 1976-01 - 1978-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/11/9/19

Scope and Contents

Includes: copy of note from David Nicholson to Gordon Reece, "Opinion polls now and in 1966-7", 23 January 1976); note to MT from James Douglas forwarding an Opinion Research Centre (ORC) report, "A draft report on a survey of [Conservative] Party images, philosophy and ideology", February 1976
Also includes: notes for MT from Keith Britto on: a poll on the National Front prepared at the University of Essex, July & August 1977; a survey by ORC for BBC Nationwide, "Survey of what people think about Parliament", March 1978); a survey by ORC for the Economist, "Public attitudes to electoral reform", circa May 1978; ORC poll for ITN on polling day on the Hamilton by-election, June 1978; a survey by ORC for Conservative Central Office on a Party Political Broadcast, June 1978; an "ORC poll on public attitudes to nationalisation", July 1978; an ORC survey for ITN on "Public opinion on the 5% guideline", July 1978; a poll by the Country Landowners’ Association on "Land nationalisation", August 1978; a MARPLAN poll for the Sun on "Public opinion on the House of Lords" in 1977, August 1978; an ORC survey on "First public attitude survey" [ahead of a possible General Election], August 1978
Also includes: a note to MT from Angus Maude on her criticisms of recent ORC surveys, 20 June 1978; and Britto’s summaries of Corporate Strategy Guide reports: 7th report, July 1976; "Pay policy, Bullock and industrial democracy", May 1977; "Consumer confidence, consumerism and the consumer", July 1978; "Public Opinion on Pay Policy", July 1978"; and "Pay policy and unemployment", August 1978

Dates

  • Creation: 1976-01 - 1978-08

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Opened in April 2008 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.

Extent

1 bundle(s) (1 bundle in folder)

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

See also THCR 2/6/1/188-189 & 2/11/9/20-23

Finding aid date

2008-07-18 11:11:08+00:00

Repository Details

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