Category: News
Date: 05.09.2005
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Kennth Clarke would make the most popular Conservative leader according to a 大象传媒 Newsnight/ICM poll of voters.
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Forty per cent favour Kenneth Clarke, with David Davis polling 10%; David Cameron and Malcolm Rifkind, 4% each; Liam Fox, 3%; and David Willetts, 2%.
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A significant 33% still did not know who they would like and 4% said they would like none of the above.
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Twenty per cent also said that they would be more likely to vote Conservative if Clarke led the party - with 8% saying they would be less likely to if he got the job.
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For David Davis, 7% said they would be more likely to vote Conservative if he was at the helm - but 10% said they would be less likely to with him in the job.
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For David Cameron, 3% said they would be more likely to vote Conservative with him as leader but 7% said they would be less likely.
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Notes to Editors
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Full details of the poll are attached to this release as a PDF file.
Please credit 大象传媒 Newsnight if you use material from this poll.
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ICM Research interviewed a random sample of 1,007 adults aged 18+ by telephone between 2 and 4 September 2005.
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Interviews were conducted across the country and the results have been weighted to the profile of all adults.
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ICM is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules.
