NEW DELHI: As the UK general election day draws near, three opinion polls released on Saturday projected the Conservative Party a small margin of victory in parliament, Reuters reported.
Pollster Savanta has warned that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s party will “die in the election” and predicted the Conservative Party’s support will fall four points to 21%.
“Our research suggests that this election could very well be the electoral death for the Conservative party,” said Chris Hopkins, director of political research at Savanta.
Meanwhile, Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has 46% support, up two points from the previous poll five days ago. The poll was conducted for the Sunday Telegraph between 12 and 14 June. Labour’s 25-point lead is its largest since Sunak’s predecessor Liz Truss was in office.
A separate poll conducted by Survation between May 31 and June 13 and reported by The Sunday Times predicted that the Conservatives would win 72 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, their lowest number in 200 years. In contrast, the Labour Party was predicted to win an overwhelming 456 seats.
A separate poll by Opinium for the Observer newspaper showed Labour’s approval rating remaining at 40%, with the Conservatives trailing on 23%. The poll was conducted between June 12 and June 14.
‘The real opposition
A YouGov poll on Thursday showed Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Party leading the Conservatives by one point, with Farage claiming his party was the “real opposition”, AFP reported.
The Reform Party currently has around 609 candidates up for grabs in the general election on July 4th, nearly double the number in 2019, when it was called the Brexit Party.
Pollster Savanta has warned that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s party will “die in the election” and predicted the Conservative Party’s support will fall four points to 21%.
“Our research suggests that this election could very well be the electoral death for the Conservative party,” said Chris Hopkins, director of political research at Savanta.
Meanwhile, Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has 46% support, up two points from the previous poll five days ago. The poll was conducted for the Sunday Telegraph between 12 and 14 June. Labour’s 25-point lead is its largest since Sunak’s predecessor Liz Truss was in office.
A separate poll conducted by Survation between May 31 and June 13 and reported by The Sunday Times predicted that the Conservatives would win 72 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, their lowest number in 200 years. In contrast, the Labour Party was predicted to win an overwhelming 456 seats.
A separate poll by Opinium for the Observer newspaper showed Labour’s approval rating remaining at 40%, with the Conservatives trailing on 23%. The poll was conducted between June 12 and June 14.
‘The real opposition
A YouGov poll on Thursday showed Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Party leading the Conservatives by one point, with Farage claiming his party was the “real opposition”, AFP reported.
The Reform Party currently has around 609 candidates up for grabs in the general election on July 4th, nearly double the number in 2019, when it was called the Brexit Party.
