Budget boosts Osborne, Libya boosts Hague

Tim Montgomerie

No dramatic movements in this month's Cabinet satisfaction league table although George Osborne and Danny Alexander seem to have been boosted by their second Budget (compared to last month). The intervention in Libya is likely to be the explanation for the boost to the ratings of Hague, Fox and the Prime Minister.

CABINET RATINGS FOR END-MARCH
Percentage satisfied minus dissatisfied

1. Iain Duncan Smith: 83%
2. George Osborne: 82%
3. David Cameron: 79%
4. Eric Pickles: 73%
5. William Hague: 68%
6. Theresa May: 64%
7. Michael Gove: 63%
8. Liam Fox: 60%
9. Philip Hammond: 50%
10. Jeremy Hunt: 49%
11. Nick Clegg: 42%
12. Danny Alexander: 40%
13. David Willetts: 40%
14. Sir George Young: 40%
15. Lord Strathclyde: 37%
16. Andrew Lansley: 32% (see Conservative members' verdict on NHS reforms)
17. Owen Paterson: 26%
18. Patrick McLoughlin: 25%
19. Oliver Letwin: 22%
20. Andrew Mitchell: 20%
21. Francis Maude: 19%
22. Cheryl Gillan: 18%
23. Michael Moore: 10%
24. Caroline Spelman: 9%
25. Ken Clarke: -5%
26. Baroness Warsi: -8%
27. Chris Huhne: -15%
28. Vince Cable: -44%

Overall ratings for the Coalition:

• 73% agree that the Coalition is a good thing for the nation. 19% disagree.
• 54% think it is a good thing for the Conservative Party. 37% disagree.
• 93% want the Conservatives to govern on their own after the next election. 6% want continued partnership with the Liberal Democrats.
• 15% expect the Coalition to break down within the next thirteen months. 11% in years three and four of this parliament. 31% expect it to break apart in year five. 42% expect it to go full term.

1,259 members voted on 30th and 31st March.