British Polling Council

British Polling Council
Abbreviation	BPC
Formation	2004
Founders	Comres; ICM Research; Ipsos MORI; NOP; ORB International; TNS/System 3; YouGov;
Legal status	Active
Members	39
President	Jane Green
Website	www.britishpollingcouncil.org

The British Polling Council (BPC) is an association of market research companies whose opinion polls are regularly published or broadcast in media in the United Kingdom. The current President is Jane Green.

The BPC was established in 2004, twelve years after the perceived failure of opinion polls to come close to predicting the actual result of the 1992 general election. BPC members use a range of fieldwork methods (telephone, door-to-door, and internet) and statistical tools.

Members

Founding members

The following organisations are founding members of the BPC:

Ipsos (formerly Ipsos MORI)
ORB International
Savanta (formerly ComRes)
Verian (formerly Kantar Public, originally TNS/System 3)
Walnut Unlimited (formerly ICM Research)
YouGov

NOP (now GfK) was a founding member, but is no longer a member as of 2018.

Populus (now Yonder Consulting) applied to be a founding member and the Yonder Consulting website claims that it was (e.g.), but its name was omitted from the BPC press release listing of founding members.

Other members

The following organisations are non-founding members of the BPC:

3Gem
Adam Smith Insights
Blue State
BMG Research
Bradshaw Advisory
Censuswide
Convergent Opinion
Deltapoll
Electoral Calculus
Find Out Now
Focaldata
Freshwater Strategy
Good Growth Foundation
JL Partners
LucidTalk
Merlin Strategy
More in Common
Mortar Research
Norstat (formerly Panelbase)
Obsurvant
Omnisis / We Think
OnePoll
Opinium
Prolific
Public First
Shared Voice
Stack Data Strategy
Strand Partners
Survation
Techne UK
Trajectory Partnership
Whitestone Insight
Yonder Consulting (formerly Populus)

Notes

↑ Omnisis and We Think have polled separately, but are listed together as a single member.
↑ Public First is a subsidiary of Stonehaven Global Holdings Ltd (SHGH); its sister company Stonehaven also conducts opinion polling, but is not separately listed as a member.

References

↑ admin (12 February 2024). "New President For The British Polling Council". British Polling Council. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
↑ "British Polling Council". UK Parliament. 16 December 2004. EDM 407. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
1 2 "Officers / Members". British Polling Council. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
1 2 3 "British Polling Council Launched". British Polling Council. 15 November 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
↑ "On November 15th the British Polling Council (BPC) will be launched". British Polling Council. 1 November 2004. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
↑ "Britain Under Strain survey – February 2026". Yonder Consulting. 3 February 2026. Retrieved 13 September 2026.

External links

Official website

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[7] Omnisis and We Think have polled separately, but are listed together as a single member.

[8] Public First is a subsidiary of Stonehaven Global Holdings Ltd (SHGH); its sister company Stonehaven also conducts opinion polling, but is not separately listed as a member.

[1] (12 February 2024). "New President For The British Polling Council". British Polling Council. Retrieved 21 March 2024.

[parliament-20041216-2] "British Polling Council". UK Parliament. 16 December 2004. EDM 407. Retrieved 2 September 2022.

[bpc-members-3] 1 2 "Officers / Members". British Polling Council. Retrieved 8 September 2026.

[:0-4] 1 2 3 "British Polling Council Launched". British Polling Council. 15 November 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2026.

[5] "On November 15th the British Polling Council (BPC) will be launched". British Polling Council. 1 November 2004. Retrieved 13 September 2026.

[6] "Britain Under Strain survey – February 2026". Yonder Consulting. 3 February 2026. Retrieved 13 September 2026.