UK Compulsory National Identity Cards
May 2004 Opinion Poll
In May 2004 the independent research group yougov.com carried out an
opinion poll to determine what people in the UK felt about the Government's
plans to impose compulsory national Identity Cards. The poll was commissioned
by Privacy International.
The full results are available in pdf format here:
A Nation Divided
For those who have trouble with pdf I have (with permission) reproduced the
report here. Click on the relevant section title for more detail.
A Nation Divided
Views of the British public on the Government’s
proposed National Identity Card
UK public survey commissioned by Privacy International
& conducted by YouGov
May 2004
Back to Trevor Mendham's ID Card pages
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A Nation Divided
- About Privacy International
- Background
- Key Findings
- ID Cards still have majority support,
but opposition is deep & entrenched
- People do not want their address
connected to the ID card
- Financial penalties are deeply opposed
- People are prepared to go to prison over the ID card
- A conundrum for the Tories
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