Labour Would Win Election With 154-Seat Majority, Poll Suggests

Published on April 5, 2024

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is heading for a worse election result than Sir John Major’s 1997 defeat to Sir Tony Blair, with a poll predicting Labour would win with 403 seats compared to the Conservatives gaining just 155. Polling by YouGov published on Wednesday found that if an election were held tomorrow, the Labour Party would win with a 154 seat majority. The prediction that the Conservatives would win 155 seats is down from the pollster’s January prediction of 169. The pollster said this suggests that the electoral situation “is getting worse, rather than better” for Mr. Sunak and his party as the UK draws closer to a General Election....

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