Labour support up despite coup bid

Support for Labour increases despite coup attempt, poll shows
12 April 2012

Support for Labour has increased in the past month despite the latest bout of in-fighting, according to a new poll.

The ICM survey for The Sunday Telegraph found that the Tories had flatlined at 40% while Labour was up one on 30%. The Liberal Democrats were down one on 18%.

The slight narrowing of the Tories' lead comes at the end of another tumultuous week for Labour in which Gordon Brown survived an attempted putsch by two former Cabinet ministers.

The immediate danger to his premiership fizzled out quickly after Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt made their move on Wednesday.

But the drama renewed questions about his authority and support within the Cabinet given the tardiness and half-heartedness of some of his colleagues' statements of support.

The ICM poll suggested, however, that David Cameron was on course to win a Commons majority of just 16 seats.

By a small margin, more voters thought that Labour would do better without Mr Brown as leader than worse, by 41% to 35%.

:: ICM Research interviewed a random sample of 1,003 adults aged 18+ by telephone on 6-7 January 2010. Interviews were conducted across the country and results weighted to the profile of adults.

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