{"id":75802,"date":"2024-06-18T17:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T17:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/18\/tories-heading-for-worst-ever-defeat-while-labour-on-track-for-256-majority-poll-finds\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T17:25:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T17:25:02","slug":"tories-heading-for-worst-ever-defeat-while-labour-on-track-for-256-majority-poll-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/18\/tories-heading-for-worst-ever-defeat-while-labour-on-track-for-256-majority-poll-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Tories heading for worst-ever defeat while Labour on track for 256 majority, poll finds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Labour is on course for a 256-seat majority at the general election while the Tories are heading for their worst-ever defeat, according to a new poll. <\/p>\n

In its first MRP model of the 2024 campaign, Ipsos estimated Sir Keir Starmer’s party could win 453 seats and the Conservatives 115.<\/p>\n

If correct, that would hand Labour a historic majority of 256 – while plunging the number of Tory MPs to record lows with senior figures such as Grant Shapps, Penny Mordaunt, Gillian Keegan, Johnny Mercer and Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg losing their seats.<\/p>\n

While Labour has consistently enjoyed a 20-point lead in the polls, the Ipsos survey is the highest projection yet of what their majority could look like.<\/p>\n

The poll also predicts the Lib Dems could win 38 seats, the Scottish National Party 15, three for the Green Party and three for Reform UK.<\/p>\n

According to the projection, Nigel Farage is on track to overturn a huge Tory majority to win in Clacton while former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, standing as an independent, is predicted to lose to his old party in Islington North.<\/p>\n

The poll is likely to cement fears within the Conservative party of an extinction-level event.<\/p>\n

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Despite promises of further tax cuts in his manifesto, Rishi Sunak has failed to shift the dial in a campaign marred by political gaffes – notably his early exit from a D-day event.<\/p>\n

In recent days, senior figures have taken to warning voters about the risk of a Labour supermajority in a bid to convince undecided voters to stick with them.<\/p>\n

The projection predicts a huge majority for Labour even when factoring in more than 100 seats which are “too close to call”.<\/p>\n

The model finds 117 seats are on a knife edge as they have a winning margin of less than five percentage points.<\/p>\n

This underlines the extent to which the number of undecided voters could change the outcome for the Tories.<\/p>\n

Kelly Beaver, chief executive of Ipsos UK and Ireland said: “Labour is increasing its 2019 vote share across the country, especially in Scotland and the North East, while the Conservatives are losing votes in all regions – especially in the East and South of England, and across the Midlands.<\/p>\n

“What is perhaps most concerning for them are signs in the data that they are particularly losing vote share in the areas where they were strongest in 2019.”<\/p>\n

The poll used the multilevel with poststratification (MRP) technique to model individual constituency results based on a survey of 19,689 British adults and took place between 7-12 June.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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