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Public opinion polls

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:

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Papers relating to Wales, March 1977 & February 1979, 1977-03 - 1979-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/1/274
Scope and Contents

Includes copy of a press cutting of a public opinion poll in Wales which appeared in "Western Mail", forwarded to MT, March 1977; and note for MT from Adam Butler MP on the Welsh devolution referendum campaign, February 1979

Dates: 1977-03 - 1979-02
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in November 2003 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.
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Politics, 1954 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ABMS 5/30
Scope and Contents

Working papers on politics, political leadership, voting behaviours, and election campaigns.

Dates: 1954 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Polls: Britain and Labour in the 1990s, 1987-08 - 1987-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/96
Scope and Contents

Includes: analysis of attitudes to political parties and issues; post-election research.

Dates: 1987-08 - 1987-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Polls: leaders of opposition, 1963 - 1986-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/89
Scope and Contents

Cuttings on Margaret Thatcher, polls on NK’s leadership qualities and transcripts from discussion groups.

Dates: 1963 - 1986-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Polls: local elections, 1984-02 - 1985-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/94
Scope and Contents

Includes: Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI) poll on local election communications; results for local by-elections, 1981-85; information on the Scottish local and European elections, 1984; memorandum by David Cowling on the results of the 1985 local elections.

Dates: 1984-02 - 1985-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Polls: NK and leadership qualities, 1985-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/88
Scope and Contents

Memorandum from Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI) on NK’s leadership qualities, with note by Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary].

Dates: 1985-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Polls: panel baseline survey, 1984-01 - 1987-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/103
Scope and Contents

Includes: results of and draft questions for Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI) polls of voters who had been surveyed previously; draft proposals for a national panel survey.

Dates: 1984-01 - 1987-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Polls: Polling Group, 1984-06 - 1987-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/104
Scope and Contents

Includes: minutes and rough notes of group meetings; draft questions for baseline surveys; memoranda from individuals including Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications and Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI); analysis of local election results, 1986; papers on Labour’s polling tasks, 1985-86 and 1986-87 and polling research proposals; reports of the group to the Campaign Strategy Committee.

Dates: 1984-06 - 1987-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Polls: Polling Group, 1984-01 - 1987-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/105
Scope and Contents

Includes: memoranda on polling research; minutes and rough notes of group meetings; memoranda from individuals including Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications, Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI) and Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary]; note on producing a monthly digest of polls; research proposals for the 1987 General Election.

Dates: 1984-01 - 1987-04
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Polls: post-election research, 1987-05 - 1988-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/98
Scope and Contents

Includes: records of voting intention, 1988; Gallup political surveys; proposal for research into attitudes towards taxation and notes on economic issues in the election campaign; proposal by Michael Meacher for a study into perceptions of Labour in the South or Midlands; notes from the Daily Mirror election newsdesk on why Labour lost the election.

Dates: 1987-05 - 1988-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Polls: post-election research, 1988-01 - 1988-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/101
Scope and Contents

Includes: summary of quantitative data for the Policy Review on how voters see politics and their values and attitudes; average percentages of the vote among the political parties; correspondence between Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited, and Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications on a rift between Labour and MORI.

Dates: 1988-01 - 1988-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Polls: post-election research (2 files), 1987-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/99
Scope and Contents

IFF poll on reasons for not voting Labour [note, some early pages missing].

Dates: 1987-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Polls: pre-election research, 1984-06 - 1987-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/97
Scope and Contents Includes: surveys among the membership of EEPTU [Electrical Electronic Telecommunication and Plumbing Union]; memoranda from Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI), on public attitudes to defence and disarmament, and voting intentions among black adults; memorandum from Bryan Gould, campaign co-ordinator, and poll by Weekend World, on marginals’ voting intentions; transcripts of a Weekend World interview with Bryan Gould, campaign co-ordinator, on whether...
Dates: 1984-06 - 1987-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Polls: pre-election research, 1984-06 - 1988-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/100
Scope and Contents

Includes: papers from meetings of the Polling Group, including polling summaries, notes of polling requirements, and aggregate analyses by Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI); polling data; Campaign Strategy Committee evaluation of the 1984 European Elections campaign.

Dates: 1984-06 - 1988-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Polls: pre-election research, 1985-02 - 1987-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/102
Scope and Contents

Includes: summary of Transport and General Workers Union poll of young people; memorandum on the use of telephone polls in the 1983 General Election campaign; correspondence between the Liberal Party and Market Research Society on the press presentation of poll results during the Brecon and Radnor by-election; pack from Market Research Society presentation on the relevance of market research to public affairs.

Dates: 1985-02 - 1987-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Polls: Prime Ministerial qualities, 1983-11 - 1986-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/93
Scope and Contents

Includes: presentation to NK on leadership and political leaders; lists of terms and phrases used by NK in speeches; reports on NK’s and his predecessor Michael Foot’s profiles; views on all the party leaders; memoranda from Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI), on Prime Ministerial qualities.

Dates: 1983-11 - 1986-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Polls: qualitative research, 1985-04 - 1988-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/95
Scope and Contents Includes: post-election research, 1987; research by Philip Gould and Associates Limited on attitudes of non-Labour voters towards politics, the attitudes of the affluent working class and social attitudes; memoranda from Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI) and Bryan Gould, campaign co-ordinator, on marginals’ voting intentions; surveys of opinion in London, particularly among women; memorandum by Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary] on...
Dates: 1985-04 - 1988-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Polls: target audience group, 1984-07 - 1986-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/92
Scope and Contents

Includes: report on the contribution of area demographics to political targeting; notes on target groups; figures on Labour’s success in target seats; profile reports; memoranda from Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI), on the gender gap, the middle classes and skilled working classes.

Dates: 1984-07 - 1986-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Polls: trade unionist surveys, 1985-02 - 19875

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/90
Scope and Contents

Polls on Labour’s share of the union vote, with memoranda from Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI).

Dates: 1985-02 - 19875
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Polls: young voter surveys, 1986-09 - 1987-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/91
Scope and Contents

Includes memorandum from Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI).

Dates: 1986-09 - 1987-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence on public opinion polls, 3 Apr 1950-7 Feb 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/2/2/15
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Sub-Fonds:

Comprising original documents accumulated by Sir Winston Churchill, and subsequently acquired by Martin Gilbert, including personal papers; public and political papers; literary papers; speeches; and official papers.

Dates: 3 Apr 1950-7 Feb 1951
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Research Services Ltd. Reports, 1946 - 1979

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ABMS 3
Scope and Contents

Numbered Research Services Ltd. reports containing results of market research and social surveys.

Dates: 1946 - 1979
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Social Indicators Committees, 1972 - 1977

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ABMS 4/6
Scope and Contents

Reports and notes from meetings relating to subjective social indicators and quality of life, including committees connected with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Social Affairs Division; Conseil International des Sciences Sociales; and the Statistical Office of the European Communities.

Dates: 1972 - 1977
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Socialist Commentary Surveys, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ABMS 5/38
Scope and Contents

Working papers connected with Mark Abrams's surveys and articles for 'Socialist Commentary' (UK). Consists of interviewer instructions, blank questionnaires, raw survey data, published articles, and correspondence from Rita Hinden, Editor of Socialist Commentary, and Roger [Jowell] of Social & Community Planning Research, London. Includes draft of Mark Abrams's article "The Labour Voter in England" (1968).

Dates: 1960 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Surveys and Research Methods, 1934 - 1989

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ABMS 2
Scope and Contents

Papers connected with market research and social survey methodology, including raw data, reports, and statistics; questionnaires and procedures; interviewers and interview techniques; working papers and notes; and correspondence.

Dates: 1934 - 1989
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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