The size of Boris Johnson's likely majority has halved in the final fortnight of the election campaign, according to a highly anticipated opinion poll that raises the prospect of another hung Parliament | BevanShields
The size of Boris Johnson's likely majority has halved in the final fortnight of the election campaign, according to a highly anticipated opinion poll that raises the prospect of another hung Parliament., the polling model that accurately predicted the United Kingdom's shock 2017 election result suggests the Conservatives are now on course to win 339 seats compared to 231 for Labour, 15 for the Liberal Democrats and 41 for the Scottish National Party.
"This means that we absolutely cannot rule out the 2019 election producing a hung Parliament - nor can we rule out a larger Conservative majority," said YouGov director of political research Anthony Wells. Johnson on Tuesday, London time, warned that another hung Parliament would imperil progress on Brexit and see Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn take the keys to Downing Street.
The YouGov poll shows the Tories command a 43 per cent share of the vote compared to 34 per cent for Labour - a result which would produce a likely loss of 31 seats for the opposition in its worst result since 1983. The Liberal Democrats have faded to just 12 per cent."Most of the seats changing hands are ones Labour won in 2017, passing back to Tory control," the pollster said in a newly released summary.
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