Jeremy Hunt's personal rating up 10% after imposing budget freeze on BBC
By Tim Montgomerie
William Hague continues to slip down the league table, perhaps reflecting disappointment at the Coalition's policy on Europe. These things are relative, however. The Foreign Secretary remains the fifth most esteemed member of Cameron's team.
This month's big riser is Jeremy Hunt. I can only assume the Culture Secretary's ratings have been boosted by the tough line he took with the BBC - imposing a six year cash freeze in the licence fee.
Danny Alexander is up to a net satisfaction rating of +33%. The five point gain may reflect his high profile in the media after the CSR.
Andrew Mitchell, the least popular Tory member of the Cabinet, appears to be suffering from association with the unpopular international aid policy. Mark Pritchard MP gave a good defence of aid spending on ConHome, last week.
The latest Cabinet league table - for end-October - with percentages equal to total satisfied minus total dissatisfied. End-September rankings are in brackets.
- Iain Duncan Smith 82% (81%)
- David Cameron 78% (82%)
- George Osborne 74% (74%)
- Eric Pickles 73% (75%)
- William Hague 71% (77%)
- Michael Gove 68% (67%)
- Theresa May 66% (69%)
- Liam Fox 60% (60%)
- Philip Hammond 59% (60%)
- Jeremy Hunt 56% (46%)
- Andrew Lansley 55% (54%)
- Nick Clegg 53% (50%)
- Lord Strathclyde 51% (50%)
- Sir George Young 49% (51%)
- Ken Clarke 46% (48%)
- David Willetts 45% (43%)
- Baroness Warsi 38% (42%)
- Danny Alexander 33% (28%)
- Oliver Letwin 33% (32%)
- Francis Maude 33% (33%)
- Patrick McLoughlin 33% (31%)
- Owen Paterson 33% (35%)
- Caroline Spelman 33% (30%)
- Cheryl Gillan 26% (27%)
- Andrew Mitchell 25% (27%)
- Michael Moore 13% (12%)
- Vince Cable -7% (-7%)
- Chris Huhne -10% (-12%)
1,447 responses were submitted on 29, 30 and 31 October.
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