Four in five Londoners support 2012 Games

Londoners celebrate winning the 2012 Olympics
12 April 2012

Londoners' backing of the Olympics remains strong, with a government poll showing four out of five people in the capital are still in favour of the Games.

The annual survey of attitudes towards the Olympics showed 80 per cent of Londoners wanted the Games, with ratings in the five host boroughs of the East End rising to 85 per cent.

The UK average approval rating of 75 per cent was down three per cent on last year's poll, which was conducted shortly after the surge of optimism created by Britain's historic fourth place at the Beijing Games.

It compares with an Evening Standard survey in July, in which 64 per cent of Londoners said they were in favour of the 2012 Games.

The poll of 4,500 people, commissioned by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, revealed a disparity in attitudes between London and elsewhere in the UK - with ratings in some parts more than 10 per cent lower. These findings will be of concern to ministers seeking to justify the £9 billion-plus cost of hosting the Games. In the North-East of the country, 67 per cent backed the Games, while 68 per cent in Scotland and Yorkshire were in favour.

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