PoliticsHome | The Numbers are in: Parliament now the lowest rated institution of all

Thursday 14th May 2009 | 13:24

The Numbers are in: Parliament now the lowest rated institution of all

PoliticsHome is the only opinion research organisation to track public approval of Parliament every week of the year. For the first time this week, Parliament has slumped beneath even tabloid newspapers to become the least popular institution in the land.

The public opinion of MPs and parliament has fallen dramatically this week

There is only one opininon research organisation that measures public approval of the institution of Parliament every single week of the year. That is PoliticsHome. Together with 14 other institutions, each week voters are asked to say whether they have a positive or negative impression of each. The negative scores are then subtracted from the positive scores to give a net approval rating.

This week's numbers are now in, and the results are devastating. Public approval of Parliament as an institution has slumped to its lowest point since our records began over a year ago. For the first time ever, it scores even lower than tabloid newspapers, and must now be regarded as the least popular institution in the land. It is less well regarded than the Scottish Parliament and the European Union.

In the past week, Parliament has seen its approval rating slump from negative forty eight percent to a astonishing negative sixty one percent, a full ten percent lower than the previous minimum value recorded.

The latest result ranks Parliament at the bottom of the PoliticsHome Institution Tracker, falling below tabloid newspapers for the first time:

Figures used are averages of approval ratings taken weekly from a sample of over 1,000 UK adults.
Results are weighted by party ID to reflect the UK at large.

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John Bakewell

16:11 |
14 May 2009
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The police must be brought in to charge MPs guilty of fraud,

Mr D Knowles

16:54 |
14 May 2009
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What are we going to so about it?

Ruth Kelly's plaything

18:46 |
14 May 2009
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Interesting to see that, of the 10 institutions given minus ratings, eight are within the control of politicians.

Does this carry a message for our devotion to deemarcrassee? Or is it just the form that our version of it takes ([?]Hailsham's 'elective dictatorship')?

Billy Gibson

19:29 |
14 May 2009
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The only thing to do is consistently spoil your voting paper at every and all type political election to register your disgust.You cannot then be accused of apathy.

Billy Gibson

19:29 |
14 May 2009
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The only thing to do is consistently spoil your voting paper at every and all type political election to register your disgust.You cannot then be accused of apathy.

JD

22:32 |
14 May 2009
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Parliament will either have to dissolve itself, or take the consqunces and be forced to do so by the British, ripped-off people. And the sooner the better. JD.

abd

01:28 |
15 May 2009
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Where are the Speed Camera Partnerships in this list? Or have they dropped right off the bottom?

Losticini

05:56 |
15 May 2009
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What we should do is build up a grass roots campaign and a huge protest, demanding a clean start. A new Parliament with a new approach. Use white as the symbol of the campaign. Aim for three simple things: all the current mob out, an end to the childish behaviours, and an end to the dishonesty (of all kinds). White would be good - we all know what the problems are; everyone would understand what "A Clean Start" means. If you like the idea, repost this comment on two political / blog / news sites and ask people to do the same.

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The Numbers are in: Parliament now the lowest rated institution of all