Polls Links

NOP Poll for the CA: Hunting - 23% want both sides to compromise; 25% want the Government to drop the issue; 48% want the Government to ban it. For the Countryside Alliance.

MORI Poll for The Economist: Expectations Of Future Government - Q13: 57% support a ban on fox hunting. For The Economist magazine.

MORI Poll for The Sun: Political Attitudes in Great Britain - Q7: 8% think banning fox hunting should be one of the top priorities for the next government. Throughout Great Britain. For The Sun newspaper.

NOP Poll for the CA: Hunting - 36% want a new regulatory authority; 22% want hunting to remain subject to existing self-regulation; 37% want it banned and made a criminal offence. Includes link to chart showing trends since 1997. For the Countryside Alliance.

MORI Poll for The Daily Mail: Royal Family Poll - Q11: 29% think Prince Charles is most in tune with the British public's views on foxhunting; 45% think Tony Blair is. Throughout Great Britain. For The Daily Mail newspaper.

YouGov Poll: Anti-hunt group help electioneering - Should LACS help anti-hunt MPs? 19% yes, 79% no, 2% don't know. Should the Labour manifesto commit to banning hunting? 20% yes, 79% no, 1% don't know. Should foxhunting to be banned? 22% yes, 78% no, 0% don't know.

YouGov Poll: Alliance offers Hunt Bill 'deal' - Should hunting with dogs be outlawed? 16% yes, 84% no, 0% don't know.

MORI Poll for the Mail: Foot And Mouth Poll - Q18: 55% support a ban on hunting now, compared to 63% in July 1999. Throughout Great Britain. For The Mail on Sunday.

YouGov Poll: Commons wins foxhunting vote - 25% support an outright ban, 14% regulation, 60% no change and 0% don't know.

YouGov Poll: Hunting ban clears Commons - Do you agree with the ban on foxhunting? 26% yes, 73% no, 1% don't know. Do you think the Lords has the right to oppose the Bill? 76% yes, 23% no, 1% don't know. Links to related stories.

YouGov Poll: MPs in crunch hunting vote - Do you support an outright ban on hunting with dogs? 26% yes, 73% no, 0% don't know.

MORI Poll for The Mail: Royal Family - Q7: 59% support a ban; Q9: 53% think The Royal Princes should not be allowed 'to take part in any bloodsports'; Q10: 47% think the Royal Family should not shoot; Q11: 55% think they should not hunt; Q12: 17% think they should not fish. Throughout Britain. For The Mail on Sunday.

YouGov Poll: Editorial Roundup: The Hunting Bill - Is banning hunting illiberal? 67% yes, 33% no. Is Labour's move to introduce a bill tactical rather than ideological? 67% yes, 33% no.

YouGov Poll: Did Cook and Jay back hunt lobby? - Should foxhunting be at the top of the Government's agenda before the next election? 14% yes, 86% no.

MORI Poll for The Mail: England: One Nation? - Q4a: less than .05% thought foxhunting was one of the most important issues in Britain; Q4b: 1% thought foxhunting was one of the most important issues locally; Q5: foxhunting was at the bottom of the list of very important issues. Throughout England. For The Mail on Sunday.

MORI Poll for The Daily Mail: Royal Family Poll - Q16: 23% think Prince Charles should not make his views known publicly on fox hunting; Q17: 57% think he is not in tune with the views of the British public on fox hunting. Throughout Great Britain. For The Daily Mail.

MORI Poll for The Mail: Fox Hunting Research Study - Q2: 63% support a hunting ban; Q4: 53% support a gamebird shooting ban; 18% support a fishing ban. Results are compared to Feb 1995 study. Throughout Great Britain. For The Mail on Sunday.

MORI Poll for New Scientist: Attitudes Towards Experimentation on Live Animals - Q9: 2% have protested hunting; 1% have participated in hunting; 2% have written a letter against hunting to an MP or editor. Throughout Great Britain. For The New Scientist magazine.

MORI for CPHA: Michael Foster's anti-hunt bill - 57% support MP Michael Foster's Bill to ban hunting with dogs, 32% oppose it. For the Campaign for the Protection of Hunted Animals.

MORI Poll for IFAW and LACS: Public Seek End To Hunting Debate - Has the Government taken too long to resolve the hunting issue? 73% yes, 14% no, 10% no opinion, 4% don't know. For the International Fund for Animal Welfare and the League Against Cruel Sports.

YouGov Poll for The Telegraph: Countryside Issues - For hunting, 48% of the people questioned favoured tighter regulations or keeping the status quo; 50% believed it should be criminalised. For fox control, 70% believed they should be controlled; 22% did not; 8% weren't sure. For most cruelty, 27% "snaring, shooting or trapping"; 25% hunting with dogs; 44% equally cruel; 5% don't know. 50% want to ban foxhunting with dogs; only 42% want the same ban for hunting rats or rabbits.

Countryside Alliance: Gallup Poll for the Telegraph 11 August 1997 - 81% disapproved of hunting with hounds; 63% would approve of Parliament banning fox-hunting; 59% said it should be up to landowners - not politicians - to decide whether or not to allow hunting on their land.

NOP Poll for the CA: Further decline in support for a hunting ban - 28% want hunting with dogs controlled by a Government licensing scheme; 26% want hunting subject to self-regulation; 43% want it made a criminal offence. For the Countryside Alliance.

Countryside Alliance: Poll of polls shows MPs are wrong to claim public support for hunt ban - Lists results of polls, from independent respected polling companies, which shows decreasing support for a hunting ban. The results directly contradict MPs who claim the support of a massive majority of public opinion as an excuse for continuing to seek a ban on hunting.

MORI Poll for CPHA: Public Supports Move To Drag Hunting - 72% prefer foxhunters to hunt drag, 74% don't think it's humane.

NOP Poll for Campaign for Hunting: Public Want a Compromise - 41% of all voters favour a compromise, 18% oppose a ban, and 36% want the sport abolished.

MORI for CPHA: Hunting views - Complaint by the Countryside Alliance to the MORI/CPHA poll of Oct 22 2001, claiming MORI seriously misrepresented findings of the Government Inquiry into hunting with dogs.

MORI - Attitudes Towards Hunting - A selection of polls conducted by MORI about hunting, mostly about the various bills to ban hunting with hounds in the UK, but no longer being updated.

NOP Poll for ITN Powerhouse: Hunting - 51% of the public do not want to see hunting with dogs banned.

Research Studies Poll for the CA: Fox Hunting - 43% do not think foxhunting should be made a criminal offence, 47% support the proposal and 10% 'don't know'. For the Countryside Alliance.

ICM Poll for the CA: Government should listen to the Lords on Hunting Bill - If the House of Lords amend the hunting bill from the House of Commons...52% take account of the views of the Lords to enable Parliament to reach a conclusion; 27% the government should disregard Lords; 21% don't know. For the Countryside Alliance.

ICM Poll for the CA: Hunting - 38% want licensed hunting, 19% want it to continue as it is now; 39% want a ban. For the Countryside Alliance.

ICM Poll for the CA: Hunting - 30% want licensed hunting, 24% want the status quo; 38% want a ban. For the Countryside Alliance.

ICM Poll for the CA: The Government should seek an alternative resolution - 37% want licensing, 19% want hunting to continue as it is now; 40% want a ban. For the Countryside Alliance.

Advertising Standards Authority Adjudications: RSPCA - Complaint upheld: The ASA determined that the RSPCA's claim that "Independent polls have consistently shown that most people in this country agree with us" was not true.

Advertising Standards Authority Adjudications: International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) - Complaints upheld: The ASA determined that the IFAW implied a 30-year-old practice was current; that 'full of soil' was an exaggeration; that submitted evidence was insufficient.

Advertising Standards Authority Adjudications: League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) - Complaints upheld: The ASA determined that LACS was misleading and inaccurate in their use of a quote from the Burns Inquiry.

Advertising Standards Authority Adjudications: League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) - Complaints upheld: The ASA determined that LACS was misleading and inaccurate in a pamphlet about hare hunting and coursing, including using no-longer-accurate data from 1951 when current information was easily available.

Advertising Standards Authority Adjudications: Countryside Alliance - Complaint by LACS not upheld.