Following Ed Miliband’s announcement that he supports voting reform, a new opinion poll shows that 39% of people back changing the voting system with only 29% in favour of keeping First Past the Post.

Crucially, Labour voters, who had opposed voting reform in recent polls, now support it by 43%-32%. 32% of voters are still undecided.

The poll also confirmed that Right Wing attacks on Ed Miliband had flopped, as large majorities of people agreed that Ed Miliband is serious about reducing the deficit, was right to distance himself from the war on Iraq, right to admit that Labour made mistakes, and right to condemn irresponsible strikes. As with every other poll, there was also massive public support from supporters of all main parties for higher taxes on the rich and banks, greater rights for agency workers, and a higher minimum wage.

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