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Poll boost for Gordon Brown
08/07/2007 08:03 - (SA)
London - New British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has kept his governing Labour Party ahead of the main opposition Conservative Party in the polls after his first week in power, a poll out Sunday suggests.
But the ICM/Sunday Mirror survey shows that Labour - on 37% -has a narrowed lead of two points over the Tories on the previous week.
Brown, who took over from Tony Blair on June 27, also won plaudits from the 1 006 adults surveyed on July 4 and 5 for his response to the failed car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow and severe flooding in parts of England.
A majority (52%) said he had "performed better than expected" since taking over and they backed him over Tory leader David Cameron to handle a range of issues, such as law and order and immigration.
More than half (52%) picked him as the best party leader to deal with terrorism, a massive 32 points more than Cameron. He also had a seven-point advantage (43% to 37%) on the environment.
Brown had a "bounce" coming into office when an Ipsos/Mori poll for The Observer on June 24 put Labour ahead of the Tories for the first time in eight months.
Polls in The Times, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph also put Labour ahead of the Conservatives.
- SAPA
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