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Voters view Ukip 'more favourably' than other parties

British voters regard the UK Independence Party (Ukip) more favourably than they do the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats, according to a ComRes poll for the Sunday Mirror and Independent on Sunday .

UKIP leader Nigel Farage Credit: PA

Nigel Farage's party held a 1% lead over Labour and a 2% lead over the Tories in a poll to find out whether voters had a favourable or unfavourable view of them.

While 27% of the 2,029 people polled viewed Ukip favourably, just 14% held a favourable view of the Liberal Democrats.

Ukip is also the party regarded least unfavourably, with 38% of those polled having an "unfavourable view" of it, compared with 45% for Labour, 49% for the Lib Dems and 50% for the Conservatives.

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