Final poll from Opinium before the election

In our final poll before the general election the Conservatives have the narrowest of leads over Labour with 35% to 34%.

UKIP are in third with 12% while the Liberal Democrats and Greens are in fourth and fifth place with 8% and 6% respectively.

Voting intention since 2012

Voting intention since February 2015

Voting intention - all parties

	%	Change
Conservative	35	n/c
Labour	34	n/c
Liberal Democrats	8	n/c
UKIP	12	-1
Green	6	+1
SNP	4	n/c
BNP	0	n/c
Plaid Cymru	0	-1
Other	1	+1

Approval ratings

David Cameron remains the most popular party leader with 42% approving of his performance as prime minister, 42% disapproving and a net even rating of +/-0%. Labour leader Ed Miliband trails but enters the election with his best approval ratings since 2012 with a net rating of -12%.

	% Approve	% Disapprove	Net rating	Net rating (own party)
David Cameron	42%	42%	0%	+90%
Ed Miliband	31%	43%	-12%	+62%
Nick Clegg	20%	49%	-29%	+49%
Nigel Farage	28%	47%	-19%	+84%

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Full tables and results (PDF)

Notes to Journalists: 

Opinium Research carried out an online survey of 2,960 GB adults aged 18+ from 4th to 5th of May 2015. Results have been weighted to nationally representative criteria.