Blair's partymen want him quit by late 2007: poll

The findings from the first substantial poll of Labour members for a decade revealed the disenchantment among the centre-left party's members, whose numbers have dipped below 200,000, the daily said.

Some 37 percent of those surveyed said they wanted Blair to quit before the annual Labour Party conference this September, 34 percent said before next year's conference and 11 percent said by the 2008 conference.

Blair has vowed not to stand for a fourth straight term in office at the next election, due by May 2010 at the latest. He has pledged to give his replacement ample time to adjust to the premiership.