The Green Party is polling up one point on 7% ahead of the General Election in this week’s Ashcroft National Poll (1), conducted by telephone between Friday and Sunday.
The polling has the Greens once again neck-and-neck with the Liberal Democrats for the fourth spot. The Green Party outperformed the Liberal Democrats at the May 22nd European Elections in terms of both MEPs returned and total vote (2).
Natalie Bennett, Green Party Leader, said:
“The fact that the Green Party are consistently polling at the 7% mark ahead of the General Election goes to show that our people over profits message is hitting home.
“It is the our policies such as making the minimum wage a living wage, renationalising our railways and having a publicly owned and run NHS which are both encouraging people to join as members and vote Green at the polling booth.
“More and more people are recognising that only the Greens offer the real change for the common good that British politics and British society desperately needs."
Green Party national membership has grown by 23% in the first five months of this year (3).
The Greens elected an additional MEP at the May 22 European Elections and now have treble the number of the Liberal Democrats. The Green Party also were clearly ahead of the Liberal Democrats in the total vote – 1.2million voted for a Green MEP on May 22 compared to the Liberal Democrats’ 1.09million. The Greens gained 23 additional councillors at the Local Elections and are now the official opposition in Liverpool, Norwich, Solihull and the London boroughs of Lewisham and Islington (4).
In the poll 1,006 adults were interviewed by telephone between 20 – 22 June 2014. Half of the interviews were conducted by landline and half by mobile phone.
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