Correspondence and memoranda concerning the establishment of a technical group in March 1960 to consider the interpretation and value of opinion polls, under the chairmanship of Michael Fraser, Director of the Conservative Research Department | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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Title

Correspondence and memoranda concerning the establishment of a technical group in March 1960 to consider the interpretation and value of opinion polls, under the chairmanship of Michael Fraser, Director of the Conservative Research Department

Shelfmark

CCO 20/27/1

Summary

Correspondents include:-

Blakenham, Lord, Party Chairman (1963-1965)

Butler, RA, Party Chairman (1959-1961)

Fraser, Sir Michael, Director of the Conservative Research Department (1959-1964)

Macleod, Iain, Party Chairman (1961-1963)

Poole, Lord, Party Chairman (1963)

Includes:-

Report by National Opinion Polls Limited analysing the accuracy of the six opinion polls conducted for the Conservative Party during the 1959 general election

First report of the Psephology Group (otherwise known as the Public Opinion Group), 15/10/1960

Report, 'Public Opinion Polls and the Local Elections', Conservative Research Department, 13/05/1963

Report, 'Poll Summaries No.5', Conservative Research Department, 03/10/1963