A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a hydrophilic support,
an undercoat layer and a laser-sensitive photopolymerizable layer,
wherein the undercoat layer contains a copolymer containing (a1) a
repeating unit having at least one ethylenically unsaturated bond and
(a2) a repeating unit having at least one functional group capable of
interacting with a surface of the support, and the repeating unit (a1) is
a repeating unit represented by the formula (A1) as defined herein.