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Peter Kellner

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Peter Kellner is a former president of YouGov

November 2025

  • Resident doctors picket outside the Royal Liverpool University hospital, 14 November 2025.

    double quotation markThe majority of doctors supported the recent strike. So why did the Department of Health suggest the opposite?

    Peter Kellner
    It would seem that poll data was cherrypicked and then used to brief the Times. Such distortion of facts from a public body should alarm us all, says former president of YouGov Peter Kellner

September 2025

  • Labour MPs are said to be despondent after Keir Starmer sacked Peter Mandelson and Angela Rayner’s resignation.

    Downing Street says Starmer still has ‘confidence in his top team’ after Rayner and Mandelson departures – as it happened

  • Sir Robert Worcester, the founder of Mori, in 2003. He retained the title of ‘senior adviser’ after the French company Ipsos bought a majority stake in Mori.

    Sir Robert Worcester obituary

May 2025

  • For local election results day ANALYSIS piece

    The panel
    double quotation markSupport for Reform has surged – what does this mean for UK politics? Our panel responds

    Gaby Hinsliff, John McTernan, Carys Afoko, Caroline Lucas, Meral Hussein-Ece, Henry Hill and Peter Kellner
    Can Farage’s party now claim to be the official opposition? And what lessons should Labour and the Tories learn after a chastening night, asks our panel

May 2024

  • opinion piece (multi byline) on results day

    The panel
    double quotation markAfter the local election results, how confident should Labour feel about the next election? Our panel responds

    Rafael Behr, Katy Balls, Nadeine Asbali, John McDonnell, Dal Babu, Sarah Longlands, Peter Kellner and Archie MacKay
    A ‘seismic’ night at the polls seems to indicate an electorate sending a clear message to the government. What’s the reality?

May 2023

  • Keir Starmer in Chatham, Kent, where Labour took overall control of Medway council for the first time since 1998.

    double quotation markThe local picture is good for Keir Starmer – the national predictions look even better

    Peter Kellner
    Evidence of a tactical pincer movement to defeat the Tories shows how worried they should be about the general election, says former YouGov president Peter Kellner

June 2022

  • Tiverton and Honiton by-election<br>Ballot boxes arrive at the Lords Meadow Leisure Centre, in Crediton, Devon, as counting begins in the Tiverton and Honiton by-election, which was triggered by the resignation of MP Neil Parish for watching pornography in the Commons. Picture date: Thursday June 23, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS ByElections. Photo credit should read: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

    double quotation markA harsh lesson for the Tories: you can’t outrun tactical voting

    Peter Kellner
  • An exit poll after the 2017 election projected on to BBC Broadcasting House.

    double quotation markWhy do polling firms like YouGov tweak polls? Because they are scared of being wrong

    Peter Kellner

May 2022

  • pedestrians walk past a sign pointing to polling station, London

    double quotation markFrom Glasgow to Worthing, these seven election results will reveal the public’s mood

    Peter Kellner
    Strategists will focus on a handful of councils to gauge the depth of Johnson’s woes, and the actual probability of a Starmer victory, says Peter Kellner, former president of YouGov

April 2022

  • Bruce Page, Editor of the New Statesman, pictured in the newspapers office in London, Englans on Feb. 14, 1980 after the paper published a story related to alleged phone tapping in England. (AP Photo/Harris)

    Bruce Page obituary

    Leading light of the Sunday Times Insight team whose quest for truth exposed the thalidomide scandal

December 2021

  • Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, is being touted as Boris Johnson’s successor as Labour leads the Conservatives in the polls by 12 points.

    Tories face leadership dilemma as polls show Boris Johnson’s appeal flatlining

  • The Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Ed Davey, left, and his Labour counterpart, Sir Keir Starmer

    Why North Shropshire result is good news for Labour as well as Lib Dems

December 2019

  • Luciana Berger canvassing with Hugh Grant in the Finchley and Golders Green constituency,

    Tactical voting was set to be Remainers’ saviour, so what went wrong?

  • Election 2019 detail of Peter Kellner’s tactical voting map

    Tactical voting guide 2019: the 50 seats where it is vital to keep the Tories out

November 2019

  • Foreign secretary Dominic Raab.

    Could tactical voting result in a ‘Portillo moment’ for Dominic Raab?

    The Brexiter foreign secretary’s comfortable 2017 majority is not unassailable as many Remain voters switch their allegiance
  • Rosettes for the three main UK political parties.

    Poll models fail to spot voting variation in similar seats

    Surveys from three London marginals show marked differences between neighbouring constituencies
  • A polling station in the UK.

    Election 2019: London polls show surge to the Lib Dems

    Observer survey shows swings in marginals where three parties are in with a chance

September 2019

  • St Ives seaside town, Cornwall<br>The Cornish seaside town of St Ives, Cornwall, England.

    How vote-switching could be key to stopping a hard Brexit

    Our poll suggests the Tories would have a small majority after an election – but fall far short of one if pro-EU voters act together

July 2019

  • Banner outside Tory leadership hustings

    double quotation markTo pact or not to pact? Why a deal with the Tories is a dilemma for Farage

    Peter Kellner
  • Boris Johnson

    double quotation markA post-Brexit election is looking like Boris Johnson’s best bet

    Peter Kellner
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