LONDON, Sept 8 (AFP) - A clear majority of British voters would like to see US President George W. Bush voted out of office in November's election, according to a poll published in Britain Wednesday.
Only 29 percent of people polled by Populus for the Times newspaper wanted to see Bush return to the White House, while 52 percent preferred his Democratic challenger John Kerry.
Bush has seen his support among US voters surge in opinion polls after his Republican convention in New York last week.
But Britons of all ages, and from all political groups, backed Kerry over Bush.
Thirty-five percent of Conservative supporters prefer Bush, compared with 38 percent of Labour voters.
Nearly half of supporters from both parties prefer Kerry.
The poll found that 35 percent of men favoured Bush and 49 percent Kerry. Sixteen percent of men were undecided.
Among women, 23 percent favoured Bush and 56 percent Kerry, while 21 percent were undecided.
Populus polled 1,009 people over the weekend.
In the United States, however, voters are increasingly backing Bush, according to the polls.
Going into last week's convention he was level-pegging with Kerry, the senator and Vietnam war hero from Massachusetts.
But Bush won a convention bounce, with polls putting him seven or even 11 points ahead of Kerry.
The election will take place on November 2.