The Jewish vote favours David Cameron

A poll for the Jewish Chronicle has shown that the vast majority of British Jews will vote Conservative at next month’s election. 69 per cent of those polled plan to vote for David Cameron’s party, while 22 per cent intend to vote for Labour.

The Liberal Democrats and Ukip are equally popular polling two per cent each.

The poll also revealed that David Cameron is seen to have the best attitude towards British Jewry by 64 per cent of people. The Labour leader Ed Miliband was seen as the best supporter of the community.

According to the Jewish Chronicle 73 per cent of Jews said the political parties’ attitudes to Israel were “very” or “quite” important in influencing how they would vote.

The JC poll in full:

Conservative – 69% Labour – 22% Liberal Democrat – 2% UKIP – 2% Other – 5%

Here is the analysis from the paper’s political correspondent in full: