Labour support drops below 30 for the first time since entering opposition
New ICM polling shows that if an election were held today, the Tories would win 43 per cent of the vote to Labour’s 27 per cent — the biggest Conservative polling lead in 25 years.
In an election, these numbers would translate into a landslide Conservative majority, with Labour losing dozens of seats.
While Theresa May is in her ‘honeymoon’ period — prime ministers typically enjoy unusually high support in the weeks after they take office — the numbers are disastrous for Labour.
This is the weakest support the party has seen since the height of the financial crisis in 2009, and the Tory lead is ten points greater than at any point during Ed Miliband’s leadership.
Support for Labour has also dropped by two points since ICM’s last voting intentions poll less than two weeks ago, implying that the ongoing civil war within the party is impacting voter confidence.
Here are the full voting intention results:
Conservative: 43 per cent (+4)
Labour: 27 per cent (-2)
UKIP: 13 per cent (-1)
Liberal Democrat: 8 per cent (-1)
SNP: 4 per cent (nc)
Green: 4 per cent (nc)
Plaid Cymru: 1 per cent (nc)
‘Clearly, the relative calm associated with the handover of power from David Cameron to Theresa May, allied to the current Labour leadership challenge weighs heavily on electors’ minds,’ commented ICM’s Martin Boon.
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11 Responses to “Tories 16 points ahead of Labour, says new poll”
Michael WALKER
Never mind: I expect we will have Corbyn supporters tell us:
1. Polls are wrong
2. Polls are fixed by the Tories
3. Labour under Corbyn will win in 2020.
Tony
Much of this can be attributed to the plotters who have decided to throw the Labour Party into turmoil. The danger has always been that they would help to cause the very thing that they feared in the first place.
I expect they will now probably say:
“See, we told you he was unelectable.”
Martyn
and no ‘don’t knows’ or ‘not voting’?
Holman
What did you expect? Theresa May has settled in nicely. Labour is still in flux. Polls are not referenda. Stay calm.
General election unlikely in view of the referendum turning out to be a surprise to the politicians and the pollsters. Everyone needs to re-calibrate what voters are thinking. Stay calm.
David Davies
I thought that it was way over that in the PLP?