Date: 9th May 2011
Sponsor: The Market Research Society
Motion: Research is always going to be more democratic than elections (Defeated)
In the chair: Austin Mitchell, MP for Greater Grimsby and President of the Debating Group
| For the motion | Against the motion |
| Nick Moon, Managing Director, GfK NOP Social Research | Vernon Bogdanor CBE, Research Professor, Institute of Contemporary History, King’s College, London |
| Penny Young, Chief Executive, NatCen | Nick Yarker, a Saatchi ad man and Conservative Councillor on Westminster City Council |
Read the debate here (pdf)
