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Labour, business and the unions

Labour constituency chairs think that Gordon Brown should move closer to the trade unions and away from big business

Gordom Brown is marking the end of his first year as prime minister

An exclusive survey of Labour Party constituency chairmen and women for the BBC2's Daily Politics programme and Radio 4's World at One has found that over half of those who responded believe that Gordon Brown should move the Labour party closer to the trade unions and away from big business.

The survey also found that, of those who responded:

Two thirds believe Gordon Brown is wrong to encourage more private involvement in health and education
One quarter think Gordon Brown should have called a General Election last autumn
Three quarters say they back Gordon Brown to lead Labour into the next election, while a quarter believe he is not the right person or are unsure.

135 local party chairmen and women took part in the survey, out of a total of 352 Labour-held parliamentary seats. Fieldwork was conducted between 16th and 20th June, 2008.

Full results
Results given are actual numbers of respondents, not percentages

Do you think Gordon Brown should, or should not, have called a general election in Autumn 2007?

Should	34
Should not	85
Don't Know	16

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? "Since 1997 the Labour Government has moved too close to big business and too far from the trades unions and Gordon Brown should reverse this trend."

Agree	70
Disagree	45
Don't Know	20

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? "Gordon Brown is right to encourage more private involvement in health and education."

Agree	33
Disagree	89
Don't Know	13

Do you think Gordon Brown is the right person to lead Labour to victory at the next general election?

Yes	106
No	17
Don't Know	12

Notes

During the fieldwork period - 16-20 June, 2008 - 162 chairs were successfully contacted and 135 participated in the survey.
The total number of Labour seats as of this survey is 352. Thus 46% of all chairs were contacted and 38% of all chairs participated in the survey.

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