Impact

Selected work from 2026.

Year

2026

Report

US Message Testing on Data Centers For Milltown Partners

Convergent devised and implemented the methodology behind Milltown's message testing focussed on data centers in the US.

Elections

Makerfield Polling

Convergent polled the Makerfield by-election for the Sunday Times. Of all the pollsters who polled the contest we were the most accurate, publishing the largest lead for Burnham.

Delivering the most accurate poll of the Makerfield contest was a proud moment for our team.

But it also put one of our broader offerings on full display: on-demand, custom audience recruitment.

Beyond standard respondent lists, we have a proven track record of partnering with clients to build bespoke panels from scratch. By engineering creative recruitment strategies and unique incentive structures, we can mobilise large samples of highly specific, niche demographics to give our clients data they can trust.

Report

Rethinking Migration 01

We worked with the Future Governance Forum to understand what voters prioritise when it comes to immigration policy and outcomes.

Report

Understanding The 2026 Local Elections

We polled over 10,000 Brits in local election areas to see how they voted. Explore our dashboard to explore our MRP of how people changed their vote between the 2024 general election and these most recent local elections, right down to individual ward level.

Coverage

Work on expectations for Andy Burnham in office among working class voters

Commissioned by PPI, Convergent conducted in depth polling of working class voters to understand their expectations for Burnham's premiership.

Report

Revolt on the left: getting to know Labour's 'progressive defectors'

A report on the left of Labour's coalition, commissioned by Persuasion UK and 38 Degrees.

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A deep dive into the left of Labour's current and future electoral coalition, produced in collaboration with Steve Akehurst of Persuasion UK and 38 Degrees.

We supported Persuasion UK on experiment design and analysis, MRP modelling, data collection and reporting.

Coverage: The report has so far been covered by The New Statesman, and in Sam Freedman's Comment Is Freed Substack.

Report

Time For Compulsory Voting?

We worked with Dr David Klemperer of the Campaign For Compulsory Voting and Christabel Cooper of Think Labour to design and analyse their study looking at the impacts of compulsory voting and the addition of a 'none of the above' option to ballot papers at general elections.