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UK Conservatives lead over Labour narrows -Ipsos MORI poll

LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - Britain's ruling Conservatives had a one-point lead over the opposition Labour Party in an Ipsos MORI poll for the Evening Standard newspaper published on Thursday, down from a five-point lead in a poll on April 30.
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Voting was under way in the general election.

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The new poll found support for the Conservatives at 36 percent with Labour on 35 percent. The Liberal Democrats, junior coalition partners to the Conservatives, were on 8 percent while the anti-European Union party UKIP was on 11 percent and the Greens on 5 percent. (Reporting by Estelle Shirbon; editing by Stephen Addison)

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