Conservatives one point ahead of Labour before UK election - Opinium poll

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron walks back onto his Conservative Party campaign bus after a factory visit whilst campaigning in Pendle in northern England, Britain, May 1, 2015. REUTERS/Toby Melville

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party was one point ahead of the opposition Labour Party before the May 7 election, according to a poll carried out by Opinium for the Observer newspaper. The poll put Cameron's party on 35 percent, up one point on a week ago, and Labour also up one point on 34 percent. Support for anti-European Union UKIP remained firm on 13 percent, while the Liberal Democrats were down one point to 8 percent. (Reporting by Paul Sandle; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)