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UK General Election Opinion poll: Labour Leading Tories By 2% In New Poll
A separate survey carried out by Opinium for The Observer gives the Conservatives a 1% lead over Labour - at 34% to 33%.

Labour are leading the Conservatives by 2% in a new poll by YouGov for The Sunday Times.

A week ago the same survey gave Ed Miliband's party a four-point advantage over David Cameron's.

In the new poll, Labour were down two points on 34% to the Conservatives' 32% (down one), with UKIP on 14% (up one), Lib Dems on 9% (unchanged) and Greens on 6% (up one).

However, the Conservatives are leading Labour by 1% in a new poll by Opinium for The Observer.It gave the Tories 34%, Labour 33%, UKIP 13%, Liberal Democrats 9% and Greens 6%.

In common with other surveys over recent days, the polls suggest the General Election is still far too close to call.

Another poll, by Survation for the Mail on Sunday, gives the Conservatives a three-point lead on 33% to Labour's 30%, with UKIP on 18% and Liberal Democrats on 9%.

The survey suggested Mr Cameron's warnings about the prospect of the SNP propping up Labour in government may be having an impact, with 37% of UKIP supporters saying they would consider switching to the Tories to prevent this outcome.

A separate survey carried out by YouGov for The Times suggested Labour's campaign was having more effect than the Tories'.

Some 17% said they had seen something in recent days to make them feel more positive about Labour, while 17% said they had seen something negative.

When asked about the Tories, 13% said they had seen something to make them more positive about the party and 25% negative.

Asked who was running the best campaign, 26% of the 1,094 people questioned on Friday named the Scottish National Party, 17% Labour, 14% Conservatives, 9% UKIP - and just 2% the Liberal Democrats and Greens.

Meanwhile, polling of six marginal seats by former Tory treasurer Lord Ashcroft suggests the Conservatives are on track to seize back the Kent constituency of Rochester & Strood, which they lost to UKIP following the defection of MP Mark Reckless last year.

But UKIP leader Nigel Farage said his party was on course to "make history" in nearby Thurrock, Essex, where the poll gave them a four-point advantage in a three-way race with the two major parties.

On the basis of the survey of six marginal seats, Lord Ashcroft said the Tories could be "heartened" to have maintained their lead in constituencies they are defending against a Labour challenge, including High Peak, Colne Valley and Bristol South West.

The two main parties have been neck-and-neck in most surveys since the start of the year, with neither establishing a sustained lead exceeding the typical three point margin of error.

Opinion polls have consistently shown that neither the Conservatives nor Labour are likely to win an overall majority in the 650-seat Parliament.

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