OPINION POLL RECORDS

It seems that UKIP should easily break their own record soon enough. But here is something I found giving the highs and lows for the Political parties of the UK in opinion polls over the year.

Highest ever Conservative rating: 56% (May 1968)
Highest ever Conservative lead: 28% (twice, in May 1968 and September 2008)
Lowest ever Conservative rating: 18.5% (January 1995)
Highest Conservative lead whilst in government: 27% (June 1982)
Lowest Conservative rating whilst in opposition: 21% (December 1997)
Highest ever Labour rating: 63% (November 1997)
Highest Labour rating whilst in opposition: 62% (January 1995)
Highest ever Labour lead: 43.5% (January 1995)
Lowest ever Labour rating: 18% (May 2009)
Highest Labour lead whilst in government: 40% (November 1997)
Lowest Labour rating whilst in opposition: 23% (June 1983)
Highest ever Liberal rating (pre 1981): 29.1% (October 1973)
Lowest ever Liberal rating: 1.5% (May 1955)
Highest ever SDP-Liberal Alliance rating: 50.5% (December 1981)
Highest ever SDP-Liberal Alliance lead: 27% (December 1981)
Lowest ever SDP-Liberal Alliance rating (1981-8): 8% (January 1988)
Highest ever Liberal Democrat rating (since 1988): 33% (April 2010)
Highest Liberal Democrat rating whilst in government: 25% (June 2010)
Lowest ever Liberal Democrat rating (since 1988): 3% (November 1989)
Highest ever Green Party rating: 10% (twice, in July 1989 and September 1989)
Highest ever UKIP rating: 17% (six times since March 2013)