People in the North back Labour's controversial plan to push teachers and other "key workers" to the front of the queue for vaccinations.
A survey by leading polling company Ipsos MORI found widespread support for the plan, set out by Labour leader Keir Starmer.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has rejected the proposal, saying the focus should be on vaccinating older people regardless of what they do for a living.
The new survey found 45% of North residents believe teachers and nursery workers should be one of the groups at the front of the queue - while just 30% agreed that people aged 60 to 69 should have priority.
The Government's plan is to vaccinate everyone aged 70 or above by February 15, as well as medical workers, care home staff and people with serious health conditions. The row between the two party leaders is about what should happen after that.
At the moment, the plan is to vaccinate everyone aged 50 to 69, on the grounds that older people are more likely to die or become seriously ill from Covid-19.
Labour, on the other hand, want to start mass vaccination of all teachers immediately after February 15, regardless of how old they are.
This would mean some older people have to wait longer for a vaccine. But setting out his plan in the House of Commons, Sir Keir said: "Everybody agrees that reopening our schools should be a national priority."
After that, Labour says "key workers" of all ages should be vaccinated alongside the over-50s. People such as younger police officers would get the vaccine faster, but this would have to mean some older people wait longer.
Boris Johnson has rejected the proposal. He said: "By making it more difficult for us to vaccinate all those vulnerable groups in the fastest possible way, that Labour policy would delay our route out of lockdown and delay our ability to get kids back into school in the way they want."
Mr Johnson also says his Government is following advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, a panel of experts which advises it on the vaccination programme.
Ipsos-MORI asked people to identify up to four groups of people that should be given priority for a vaccination. And it found 45% of people aged 18 to 75 in the North agreed with teachers and nursery staff being given priority, while the same proportion named fire fighters.
The survey also found 32% wanted police officers to have priority, while the same number named shop workers. People aged 60 to 69 were also named as a priority group by 30%.
Just 8% said people aged 50 to 59 should be given priority.
What is the current timetable for vaccinations?
The Government says everyone in the top four groups should have been offered a first dose of the vaccine by February 15.
- First in line: Care HomeResidents (300,000 people) and residential Care Workers (500,000 people)
- Second: Everyone aged 80 (3.3m people), healthcare workers (2.4m people) and social care workers (1.4m people)
- Third: Everyone aged 75 to 79 (2.3m people)
- Fourth: Everyone aged 70 to 74 (3.2m people) and people under 70 with a serious medical condition that makes them "clinically extremely vulnerable" (1.2m people)
After February 15, vaccinations will be offered to people in the following order:
- Fifth: Everyone aged 65 to 69 (2.9m people)
- Sixth: People under 65 with a medical condition that makes them "at risk" (7.3m people)
- Seventh: Everyone aged 60 to 64 (1.8m people)
- Eighth: Everyone aged 55 to 59 (2.4m people)
- Ninth: Everyone aged 50 to 54 (2.8m people)
Ministers have not set a firm date for vaccinating all these people, but says they should receive a jab by "spring". It's unclear how exactly the Government defines this.
The priority groups have been drawn up by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The vaccination plan stated: "It will likely take until Spring to offer the first dose of vaccination to the JCVI priority groups 1-9, with estimated cover of around 27 million people in England and 32 million people across the UK"
Once the nine priority groups have been vaccinated, the Government will begin offering jabs to the rest of the population, which includes 21 million people - and it hopes to have offered every adult a vaccination "by the autumn". At this stage, it may start giving "key workers" priority.
