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Extraordinary to find such a degree of consensus and lack of 
solidarity across the board!

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POLITICS HOME 29.5.09

Low public support for saving Vauxhall

Lord Mandelson has given assurances over Vauxhall's future
Only a third of voters are in favour of using public money to bail 
out the car manufacturer With fears growing over Vauxhall’s future 
as its parent company GM Europe struggles to find a buyer, the latest 
PoliticsHome research reveals that only a third of voters support 
using public money to rescue the beleaguered company.

A new PoliticsHome poll of 1158 UK voters has found that fifty per 
cent of the public oppose using public money to rescue Vauxhall, with 
thirty three per cent supporting this idea.

Conservative supporters were most strongly opposed bailing out 
Vauxhall (by a majority of fifty six per cent) but the trend against 
using public funds was the same across supporters of all parties and 
none.

Even Labour supporters – traditionally most in favour of state 
intervention in industry – opposed a bailout by a margin of forty 
two to thirty nine.

There are currently concerns that jobs could be lost at Vauxhall 
after its parent company, GM Europe, struggles to find a buyer in 
Germany. Including suppliers the total number of jobs that could be 
affected is estimated to be 15,000 to 20,000. Do you think the UK 
government should, or should not, use public money to rescue Vauxhall?



PoliticsHome interviewed 1158 adults by email between 28 and 29 May 
2009. Results are weighted by party ID to reflect the UK at large.