Articles about ComRes

7 June 2013
Ashcroft poll: Only 15% would be less likely to vote for a party due to its support for equal marriage 12 A new poll by Conservative peer Lord Ashcroft suggests equal marriage is unlikely to draw voters away from supporting a particular party.
1 May 2013
Coalition for Marriage: David Cameron’s support for equal marriage explains the rise of UKIP 25 The Coalition for Marriage says David Cameron’s support for equal marriage explains why the Conservatives are expected to perform badly in Thursday’s local elections.
22 January 2013
Long-standing Tory local chairman quits over equal marriage ‘attack on family values’ 17 A long time local chairman for the Conservative party has resigned over the coalition government's efforts to legalise marriage equality, saying the Prime Minster had "lost touch" with his party and attacked "family values".
16 January 2013
One million leaflets being handed out against equal marriage in marginal seats 51 One million leaflets against government's plans to legalise marriage equality are being sent out to voters in constituencies marginal on the issue by an anti-equal marriage campaign group which has deemed the plans "undemocratic".
14 January 2013
ComRes poll places UKIP second in EU voting intentions poll 12 ComRes, the same polling organisation that found that a majority of UK residents are opposed to equal marriage, despite other polls suggesting the opposite, has published a new poll which places the UK Independence party second in the rankings for the European Parliamentary elections.
14 January 2013
Members of UKIP official website compare homosexuality to bestiality and paedeophilia 16 An official online forum for UKIP members has been used to vent "racist and homophobic" views by some of the party's top members, reports suggest.
8 January 2013
Poll: Three quarters of Conservative peers call on government to halt equal marriage 53 Three quarters of Conservative peers say the government should call a halt to its plans to introduce equal marriage for England and Wales, according to ComRes.
26 December 2012
Poll: Majority of public want Church of England to hold same-sex weddings 31 A new poll has found that the majority of the people in England and Wales wish for the Church of England to be able to conduct same-sex marriages.
25 November 2012
YouGov polling expert questions validity of anti-gay marriage results 26 YouGov Associate Director Anthony Wells has criticised same-sex marriage polls that feature agree/disagree statements.
21 November 2012
Poll: 34% ‘less likely’ to vote Tory if same-sex marriage is legalised 46 The political arguments on whether equal marriage is a vote winning policy for the Conservative Party shows no sign of dying down, as ComRes releases another poll.
15 November 2012
Tory MP criticises George Osborne for going ‘big’ on same-sex marriage 79 Conservative MP Glyn Davies says he is disappointed that the prime minister, deputy prime minister and chancellor are all supporting equal marriage.
14 November 2012
PM ‘wrong’ on same-sex marriage poll says ComRes chief 29 The chief executive of ComRes Andrew Hawkins has accused David Cameron of making misleading statements over polling data regarding equal marriage.
31 October 2012
David Cameron: Same-sex marriage is ‘popular’ with voters 107 David Cameron has personally responded to a letter sent to him by the former Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillian after the Tory MP expressed her concerns over the government’s marriage reforms.
8 June 2012
Catholic Voices poll: ’77 percent’ of gay and bisexual Britons disagree with marriage ban 84 Reports of an online poll appear to show that half of gay Britons reject the idea that there is "no need" to change the law on marriage because of civil partnerships, and 77 percent do not accept that marriage should be reserved exclusively for straight people.
27 May 2012
Another ComRes/Coalition for Marriage poll finds voters opposed to equal marriage 123 The anti-equality group, Coalition for Marriage (C4M), has once again teamed up with ComRes to release a new poll, which claims that a majority of the voters are opposed to equal marriage.
16 May 2012
ASA responds to claim it ‘persecuted’ religious blog in investigating anti-gay marriage ad 238 The Advertising Standards Authority has responded to claims by a religious blogger that correspondence it sent him requesting he comply with an investigation into a Coalition for Marriage advert amounted to 'persecution'.
10 April 2012
Analysis: Behind the MPs poll on marriage equality 103 Yesterday, PinkNews.co.uk reported that in a survey by ComRes on behalf of the Coalition for Marriage, only 56% of MPs thought that proposals for equality in marriage is likely to go ahead, the proportion rising significantly among Labour and Lib Dems, but declining with equal significance among the Tories.
9 April 2012
Poll: 56 per cent of MPs think equal marriage will become law 110 A cross-party survey of MPs by ComRes has found that only 56 per cent of them believed that the proposals to include same-sex couples in civil marriages would succeed, which reduced to 41 per cent with Tory MPs.
7 November 2011
57% of church-going Christians may reject Conservatives over gay marriage 95 A new survey finds 83% of regular church attendees were opposed to changing the law to encompass gay unions.

Top stories

On Facebook

Featured

Pink News on Twitter Follow @PinkNews

Download our free app for iPhone + iPad