| Abbreviation | BPC |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2004 |
President | John Curtice |
| Website | www |
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 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 United Kingdom general election. BPC members use a range of fieldwork methods (telephone, door-to-door, and internet) and statistical tools.
Members
The following organisations are members of the BPC (founding members in bold):[1][2]
- BMG Research
- Deltapoll
- Demos
- Focaldata
- Forefront Market Research
- Hanbury Strategy
- Harris Interactive
- ICM Research
- Ipsos MORI
- J.L. Partners
- Kantar Public (formerly TNS/System 3)
- LucidTalk
- Mindmetre
- Omnisis
- Opinium
- ORB International
- Panelbase
- Public First
- Qriously
- Redfield & Wilton Strategies
- SavantaComRes
- Sky Data
- Survation
- Yonder Consulting
- YouGov
NOP (now known as GfK) was a founding member, but is no longer a member as of 2018.
See also
- Evaluation
- Quantitative research
- Psephology
- Social research
- Statistics
- Statistical survey
- Voodoo poll
- Elections in the United Kingdom
- Politics of the United Kingdom
- Market research
References
- ^ "Officers / Members". British Polling Council. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "British Polling Council Launched | British Polling Council". www.britishpollingcouncil.org. Retrieved 7 February 2020.