THE Tories have hit a low in the polling not seen since Liz Truss’s final days in power.
A new survey from YouGov predicted Rishi Sunak’s party would win just 20% of the vote.
Keir Starmer’s Labour polled at 47%, a 27-point lead. YouGov said it was the largest lead for the party since Truss’s short-lived time in power.
Contributing to the Tories’ woes may be a high polling score for Reform, which was predicted to win some 12% of the vote. This was the highest YouGov had ever found for the party.
Fewer than half (49%) of 2019 Tory voters told YouGov they intend to vote for the party.
The LibDems polled at 8% and the Greens on 7%. The SNP polled at 3%, but not much can be inferred from the UK-wide poll.
Byline Times political reporter Adam Bienkov said that if the results of the poll were replicated at a General Election, the Conservatives would lose all but 41 seats.
He added: “MPs facing the axe include Liz Truss, Suella Braverman, Jacob Rees-Mogg and ... Rishi Sunak.”
The YouGov survey polled 2092 British adults from January 16-17.
It also found that a huge majority (71%) of people said they do not trust Sunak much or at all. A total of 26% said the opposite.
For Starmer, 61% of people said they do not trust him much or at all, while 26% said the opposite.
Both of the UK’s main party leaders scored worse than Nigel Farage (above). A total of 59% said they did not trust him much or at all, while 28% said they did.
Farage's Reform UK is led in name by Richard Tice. The majority of British voters (54%) said they did not know about Tice.
Voters were also asked what could happen to make them want to vote Conservative at the next General Election. While 40% said they would not do so, 27% said they may if NHS waiting lists were reduced.
Further, 22% said they might vote Tory if migrants coming over the Channel in small boats were stopped, while 21% said they might do so if the state of the economy improves.
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