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The Daily Mail

23 February 2024

Suburban women in their 60s who voted Tory in 2019 could be the difference at the next election, think tank says

Mr Tryl said: 'As this in-depth analysis suggests, the parties' fortunes are likely to be shaped by a series of factors that sit underneath headline voting intention.

'That includes the dominance of the cost of living, the rising salience of crime, what the unusually large number of undecided female voters who voted Tory in 2019, ultimately decide to do and to what extent third-party voters for the Greens, Liberal Democrats or Reform UK decide to vote tactically.'

The Yorkshire Post

23 February 2024

Women in Yorkshire towns such as Whitby could hold the key to the general election

Women over 60 who live in towns such as Whitby and voted Conservative in 2019 could prove decisive at the general election, a think tank has said.

Daily Mail

21 February 2024

Major embarrassment for Welsh Labour as nearly two-thirds of country's voters back 'don't know' over Vaughan Gething or Jeremy Miles in contest to become next first minister

Conleth Burns, associate director of More In Common, said: 'As Labour members cast their votes in the first minister leadership election, our polling shows Vaughan Gething and Jeremy Miles neck and neck in the polling.

'However, the in-tray facing the new first minister is stark. Three in five Welsh people think that the Welsh Government has done a bad job on the economy and the NHS

'And what they want to see from the next first minister is a strong vision for the future rather than the next first minister running on their record in government.'

Politico

21 February 2024

For UK Labour, Gaza is the crisis that just won’t go away

Luke Tryl of the More in Common initiative, who regularly tests public opinion through focus groups and polling, agrees.

The electoral geography, he says, is such that “progressive activist voters” — those who are most dismayed by Labour’s position on Gaza — tend to be in safe Labour urban seats.

“Muslim voters themselves rank economy, cost of living and NHS higher,” he says.

ITV Wales

21 February 2024

Most people in Wales don't know who they'd prefer to be the next First Minister, says new poll

New polling seen suggests that most people in Wales don't know who they'd prefer to be the next First Minister and those that do are nearly evenly split over which of the two candidates they’d prefer.

According to the survey carried out by the More in Common think-tank, 62% of people in Wales answered ‘Don’t Know” when asked who would make a better First Minister.

Vaughan Gething wins the support of 20% while Jeremy Miles is backed by 17%.