Matt Singh

Matt Singh

Singh speaking at the University of Exeter in 2016

Matt Singh is an election and opinion polling analyst and founder of the website Number Cruncher Politics, based in London. Singh gained notoriety in mid-2015[1][2][3][4][5] for his analysis[6] which correctly predicted the opinion polling failure and Conservative victory at the 2015 UK general election.

In an interview with Bloomberg Television during the Labour Party leadership contest in August 2015, Singh dismissed suggestions that polls were overstating support for eventual winner Jeremy Corbyn and suggested that they could even be understating it.[7] In the event, Corbyn polled 59.5% of the vote, compared with the final YouGov poll of 57%.

In December 2015 it was reported that Singh was preparing forecasts for the 2016 local, Welsh and Scottish elections, and the UK's EU referendum, and had been assisting the British Polling Council with its official investigation.[8]

Singh has written for the Times,[9] the New Statesman,[10] Bloomberg View[11] and the Huffington Post.[12] Previously Singh worked as an interest rate trader for Barclays Bank.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Spin doctor stuck to a simple message and ruthless tactics", The Times, 9 May 2015
  2. ↑ "I am glad the opinion polls got it wrong because it means we’re not robots", The Independent, 12 May 2015
  3. ↑ "Jeremy Corbyn invites Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness for a cuppa in Parliament","Daily Mail, 21 July 2015
  4. ↑ "The blogger who beat the British political pollsters", Sydney Morning Herald, 31 July 2015
  5. ↑ "Was anyone right about the pre-election polls?", Understanding Uncertainty (University of Cambridge Statistical Laboratory), 15 May 2015
  6. ↑ "Is there a shy Tory factor in 2015?", Number Cruncher Politics, 6 May 2015
  7. ↑ "Matt Singh on Bloomberg TV’s The Pulse", Bloomberg TV interview, 14 August 2015
  8. ↑ "Voter samples flawed in UK opinion polls, says ex-Barclays trader" Financial Times, 14 December 2015
  9. ↑ "Matt Singh". Times Red Box. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "All posts by Matt Singh". May 2015. New Statesman. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Matt Singh". Bloomberg View. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Matt Singh". Huffington Post. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "The Blogger Who Beat the British Political Pollsters", Bloomberg Business, 31 July 2015

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