Labour recorded larger polling leads in the run-up to the 1997 election

Rolling 10-poll average of the Conservatives' polling lead over Labour in Great Britain voting intention (percentage points)

+40

The Conservatives were ahead in the polls since October 2007

+20

General election results

Con poll lead

0 pts

Lab lead

-20

Blair had a lead of 34 points in November 1997

Starmer’s biggest lead was after Truss’s mini-budget

-40

2010

1995

2000

2005

2015

2020

+40

The Conservatives were ahead in the polls since October 2007

+20

Conservative lead in polls

0 points

Labour lead

General election results

-20

Blair's Labour had a lead of over 34 points in November 1997

Starmer’s biggest polling lead was in October 2022, after Truss’s mini-budget

-40

2010

1995

2000

2005

2015

2020

+40

+20

The Conservatives were ahead in the polls since October 2007

Conservative lead in polls

0 points

Labour lead

General election results

-20

Blair's Labour had a lead of over 34 points in November 1997

Starmer’s biggest polling lead was in October 2022, after Truss’s mini-budget

-40

2010

1995

2000

2005

2015

2020

+40

The Conservatives were ahead in the polls since October 2007

+20

General election results

Con poll lead

0 pts

Lab lead

-20

Blair had a lead of 34 points in November 1997

Starmer’s biggest lead was after Truss’s mini-budget

-40

2010

1995

2000

2005

2015

2020

+40

The Conservatives were ahead in the polls since October 2007

+20

Conservative lead in polls

0 points

Labour lead

General election results

-20

Blair's Labour had a lead of over 34 points in November 1997

Starmer’s biggest polling lead was in October 2022, after Truss’s mini-budget

-40

2010

1995

2000

2005

2015

2020

+40

+20

The Conservatives were ahead in the polls since October 2007

Conservative lead in polls

0 points

Labour lead

General election results

-20

Blair's Labour had a lead of over 34 points in November 1997

Starmer’s biggest polling lead was in October 2022, after Truss’s mini-budget

-40

2010

1995

2000

2005

2015

2020