Survation provide both private and public surveys on a wide range of topics. In accordance with British Polling Council standards, our published work can be found here soon after a survey is referenced in the media.
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Below is a list of all public surveys we have undertaken since joining The British Polling Council.
2012
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May 6th: Post Elections Survey (Mail on Sunday): Boris Johnson, David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Tony Blair, Policies and Prime Ministers. Full data tables can be viewed here;
- May 6th: Survation surveyed 1019 UK adults for Daily Star Sunday on UK Attitudes to the Olympics – Full data tables are available here. Click for our own report on the findings here
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May 6th: Survation surveyed 1019 UK adults for Daily Star Sunday on the TV programmes “The Voice” and “Britain’s Got Talent” – Full data tables are available here.
- 27th April: Survation surveyed 1019 UK adults for The Daily Mirror on the upcoming local elections and current levels of trust in the government. Click here for full cross tabs of the poll, while the Daily Mirror’s article on the results can be read here. Click here for our own report on the findings.
- 24th April: On behalf of The Daily Telegraph, Survation polled 1443 adults living in London on the London mayoral and assembly elections. Click here for the full cross tabs of the survey.
- 21st April: On behalf of the Mail on Sunday, Survation surveyed 542 UK adults regarding whether they agree with policies supported by David Cameron and the Government or those supported by backbench Conservative MP Douglas Carswell. Click here for the full cross tabs of the poll and here for our own report of the findings.
- 12th April: Survation polled 1053 members of the public to find out which party leader they feel best defends Britain’s interests, on behalf of The Bruges Group. The full results from the poll are here and our write-up of them can be read here.
- 5th April: Survation polled 1037 members of the public on their reaction to recent political events and their attitudes towards the Conservative Party and the party leaders, on behalf of the Mail on Sunday. Click here for the full results from the poll, while our own report can be found here.
- 30th March: Survation polled 1178 members of the public on their reaction to proposals to introduce regional pay bargaining, on behalf of Progressive Polling. Click here for the full cross tabs from the poll, whilst our own report on the results can be found here.
- 25th March: Survation polled 1097 members of the public regarding the aftermath of George Osborne’s 2012 budget for The Mail on Sunday. Labour take an 8-point lead over the Conservatives. Click here for the full results of the poll.
- 26th February: Survation polled 1034 members of the public regarding the effect on the consumer of the rising cost of fuel in the UK, who they blamed for the rises and their views on fuel duty in the upcoming budget. Click here for the full results of the poll.
- 5th February: Survation polled 521 members of the public regarding their views on the effects of the anti-smacking laws introduced in 2004, on behalf of the Mail on Sunday. Click here for the full results of the poll, whilst the Mail on Sunday’s article can be found here. Finally, Survation’s own report on the poll is available here.
- 29th January: On behalf of the Daily Star Sunday, Survation polled 1,002 people over England, Scotland and Wales regarding government plans to cap welfare benefits at £26,000 per year. The Daily Star Sunday’s article can be found here. Use the following link for the full cross tabs of the poll, whilst our own report on the findings can be found by clicking here.
- 15th January: Following discussions over a possible Scottish independence referendum, we surveyed 1001 Scottish residents as well as 1019 residents of England and Wales for The Mail on Sunday. The cross tabs for the poll can be found here.
2011
- 24th December: In the lead up to Christmas, Survation conducted a poll of 2003 pensioners in the UK investigating the issue of loneliness during the Christmas period. The full cross tabs for the poll, on behalf of the Centre for Social Justice, can be found here. Survation’s report on the poll is available here, whilst the press release from the Centre for Social Justice can be viewed by clicking here.
- 12th December: Ahead of the Feltham and Heston by-election, Survation surveyed 511 constituents and predicted a comfortable Labour hold. Click here for our full results.
- 11th December: On behalf of the Mail on Sunday, Survation polled 1020 people to gauge public reaction following David Cameron’s return from the European summit negotiations. Click here for the full results of the survey, whilst the Mail on Sunday’s article can be found here.
- 4th December: During the live X Factor semi-finals, we surveyed 1000 viewers to find out how the public’s opinion of each act altered after the show. The data tables for our survey can be found by clicking here .
- 27th November: On behalf of the Daily Star Sunday, we polled members of the public about their views on the upcoming Day of Action, in particular whether or not they supported industrial action. The full results can be found here
- 21st November: We surveyed 1058 members of the public, gauging opinion on government changes to public sector pensions. The poll uncovered huge amounts of mistrust and misunderstanding about pensions, as well as a general public unhappiness about proposed changes. Our post on the matter can be found by clicking here, whilst the full report can be found here.
- 28th October: Working with drug and alcohol addiction charity Addaction, Survation surveyed 1000 young people between the ages of 16 – 25, investigating the impact absent fathers has on levels of addiction, anti-social behaviour and crime in young people. The full report can be found here.
- 17th October: Survation conducted a poll for the Star on Sunday looking into public opinion about the possible re-introduction of safe-standing into football grounds. In addition to this, the public were polled about whether vital documents relating to the Hillsborough disaster should be released. Click here for the newspaper article, or click here for our report.
- 14th October: We polled the constituents of the Meopham North ward in Kent on behalf of ITN ahead of a controversial council by-election. We particularly explored the possible impact the Green Belt issue may have had on the result. Click here for our report.
- 6th September: A Bombardier/Siemens survey for UNITE assessing the potential impact of Bombardier losing the Thameslink contract on it’s UK suppliers. The results can be found by clicking here
- 16th August: In the aftermath of the riots across the UK, we produced a survey on the issue for the Daily Star on Sunday. The report can be found here. For full data tables collected click here
- 22nd August: A Bombardier survey for The Daily Mirror assessing the potential impact of Bombardier losing the Thameslink contract on the people of Derby. The results can be found here
- 7th August: A Daily Mail survey gauging public opinion on the issue of capital punishment. The results can be found here
- 17th July: In a survey for The Star on Sunday, we investigated the public’s opinion of the royal family, the members of the royal family, and Prince Harry’s involvement in Afghanistan. Click here to see the results.
- 15th July: Following Rupert Murdoch’s appearance in front of a House of Commons select committee, we produced a survey for Progressive Polling highlighting the impact the scandal had on public opinion. The results can be found here
- 7th July: Amidst the controversy of the phone hacking scandal, we produced a survey for Channel 4 to discover how the scandal would affect, amongst other issues, the readership of the News of the World. The results can be found here
- 1st May: In a survey for The Independent on Sunday, we correctly predicted a Labour victory ahead of the Leicester South by-election, as well as accurately foreseeing a convincing victory for the ‘No’ vote in the Alternative Vote referendum. Click here to see our results. For the data tables from the survey, click here
- 10th March: In preparation for the Barnsley Central by-election, we produced a survey for The Mail on Sunday predicting a substantial victory for Labour’s Dan Jarvis and an increase in support for UKIP. the results can be found here.
- 13th January: In the build up to the Oldham East & Saddleworth by-election, we surveyed constituents for the Mail on Sunday. The results can be found here.
2010
- 2nd June: In the build up to the 2010 Labour leadership contest, we surveyed Labour members and members of trade unions to form a prediction. Our results can be found here.


