New Polls

Two new polls to be recently published put the Liberal Democrats top among students and universities lecturers.

THES/Opinionpanel surveys of student voting intentions:

Liberal Democrats 47%

Labour 23%

Conservative 22%

(THES/Opinionpanel Feb 05 results: Lib Dem 39%, Labour 29%, Tory 23%.)

ICM Survey of academics' voting intentions:

Liberal Democrats 44%

Labour 41%

Conservative 10%

Other 5%

(Pre-2001 election survey Labour 65%, Conservative 7%, Lib Dem 22%)

Academics were also asked, irrespective of their own voting preference, which party has the best higher education policy:

Liberal Democrats 44%

Labour 21%

Conservative 4%

Don't know 23%