Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Jun 2014 | Feb 2015 | Aug 2015 | Sep 2015 | Dec 2015 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 39% | 31% | 53% | 40% | 26% | 31% | 24% | 24% | 37% | 42% | ||
| Tony Abbott | 9% | 5% | 17% | 1% | 11% | 18% | 11% | 18% | 9% | 9% | ||
| Julie Bishop | 12% | 17% | 11% | 16% | 9% | 4% | 21% | 17% | 14% | 13% | ||
| Christopher Pyne | 1% | 2% | 1% | – | 1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | ||
| Scott Morrison | 2% | 2% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 2% | ||
| Someone else | 15% | 23% | 5% | 23% | 24% | 19% | 13% | 13% | 10% | 9% | ||
| Don’t know | 21% | 21% | 95 | 20% | 25% | 21% | 24% | 22% | 21% | 22% |
39% (down 3% since December) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 12% prefer Julie Bishop (down 1%) and 9% prefer Tony Abbott (no change). 15% (up 6%) prefer someone else.
Among Liberal/National voters, 53% (down 4%) prefer Malcolm Turnbull, 17% (up 3%) prefer Tony Abbott and 11% (down 3%) Julie Bishop.
Preferences of men were Malcolm Turnbull 43% (-3%), Tony Abbott 12% (+1%) and Julie Bishop 8% (-2%).
Preferences of women were Malcolm Turnbull 35% (-3%), Julie Bishop 17% (+1%) and Tony Abbott 6% (-2%).