In May this year, voters in some parts of England took part in the first local election in Great Britain where they were required to present mandatory photo ID. We now know, just as we had warned, more than 14,000 people were recorded as losing their right to vote in May because they did not have the correct photo ID. These figures don't even include the people who realised they didn't have ID and turned around before they went into the polling station or just stayed at home.
The first major seat-level MRP poll under new constituency boundaries suggests Labour are set for a 140+ seat majority with 470 seats.
New polling shows that the majority of Britons think Brexit has created more problems than it's solved and want a closer relationship with Europe
Find out what Best for Britain did in 2022 – what we achieved, what we worked on and how our supporters made it happen.
A new poll suggests that Brexit scepticism could be on the rise among Conservative voters as more say Britain’s withdrawal from the EU has created more problems than it has solved.
New MRP polling and analysis of undecided voters, or the ‘Wavering Wall’, by Best for Britain suggests the majority are likely to be timid Tories. This landmark report found that despite the Labour Party’s consistent 20 point lead in the polls in the latter half of 2022, it would only deliver them a UK parliamentary majority of fewer than 30 seats.
In the end our government went almost 200 days without doing the bare minimum on standards, ethics and accountability.
New analysis of undecided voters shows the vast bulk of undecided voters cannot be won as easily by Labour as the Conservatives and are more likely to vote Tory at the next election.
Best for Britain has undertaken a major 10,000-response poll and seat-by-seat MRP investigation into how the parties would fare at a UK General Election and, crucially, what would happen in different election pact scenarios.
New polling by Opinium on behalf of Best for Britain reveals that 70% of those asked believe the Electoral Commission should remain fully independent of the government while only 8% said it should not.
Ahead of the Elections Bill's return to the Commons, Best for Britain has produced a briefing for MPs
Our briefing to Peers on the Elections Bill at Committee Stage, containing key messaging and other amendments to support, is below.
This briefing on the Policing Bill was produced in advance of the Consideration of Lords amendments on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. February 2022.
This briefing was produced ahead of the Second Reading of the Elections Bill in the Lords. February 2022.
New polling undertaken by Opinium on behalf of Best for Britain shows that 79% of people asked think peaceful protests should be allowed outside the Houses of Parliament including 75% of people who voted Conservative at the last election and 76% of people who voted Leave at the EU referendum. Only 15% of people asked disagree with this.
A new nationally representative poll reveals that most people in the UK (53%) think the deal has created more problems than it solved with just 15% of people saying it solved more problems than it created. Even Leave voters are more likely to agree that the deal has created more problems than solutions.
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