General Election 2017. UK Conservatives have 18 point lead over Labour, polls show
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party has an 18 point lead over the main opposition Labour Party ahead of a June 8 national election, according to an opinion poll conducted by Comres for the Sunday Mirror and the Independent. The same lead is put forward by YouGov for the Sunday Times.
The Conservatives were at 48 percent, down 2 percent from Comres’ previous poll published on April 23, against Labour’s 30 percent, an increase of 5 points. The poll put the centrist Liberal Democrats on 10 percent, down 2 percent, and the anti-European Union UK Independence Party at 5 percent, also down 2 percent. Comres interviewed 2,007 British adults online between May 10 and May 12.
The Conservatives were at 49 percent, up 3 percent from YouGov’s previous poll, against Labour’s 31 percent, up 1 percent. The poll put the centrist Liberal Democrats on 9 percent, and the anti-European Union UK Independence Party at 3 percent, both down 4 percent. Details of numbers surveyed were not immediately available.
According to an opinion poll conducted by Opinium Research, British Prime Minister Theresa May‘s Conservative Party has a 15 point lead over the main opposition Labour Party ahead of a June 8 national election. The Conservatives were at 47 percent, up 1 percent from Opinium’s previous poll a week ago, against Labour’s 32 percent, up 2 percent. The poll put the centrist Liberal Democrats on 8 percent, down 1 percent, and the anti-European Union UK Independence Party at 5 percent, down 2 percent. Opinium Research carried out an online survey of 2,003 UK adults from May 9 to May 12.