Labour’s lead drops back to 11 points: falls to its lowest figure since December

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Labour’s lead drops back to 11 points: Sir Keir Starmer’s party falls to its lowest figure since December as poll suggest small rise in Tory support

  • Labour Party has dropped 11 points to 43 per cent of the vote, according to a poll
  • The Conservative Party is up three percentage points to 32 per cent of the vote  

By Kumail Jaffer

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Labour’s polling lead over the Conservative Party has dropped to 11 points, its lowest figure since December, according to a survey.

Sir Keir Starmer’s party, which has regularly put up 20-point leads over the Government in recent months, now commands 43 per cent of the vote.

Meanwhile the Tories are up three percentage points to 32 per cent, a Savanta poll found. 

Concerns over the Labour leader’s U-turns on his pledges, combined with landmark legislation on immigration, the new Brexit deal laid down by Rishi Sunak and a rebounding economy may have led to a significant closing of the gap.

Sir Keir has faced criticism over previous policy U-turns, including struggling to explain a change in stance on his pledges to defend EU free movement and ban the NHS from using private sector capacity.

Sir Keir Starmer’s party, which has regularly put up 20-point leads over the Government in recent months, now commands 43 per cent of the vote

In January, when Labour enjoyed its largest lead of 21 points over Mr Sunak’s party, just over half of voters who backed Boris Johnson in 2019 said they would have voted for the Conservative Party this time around.

But last night’s poll shows that figure has now risen to two-thirds, with the proportion of undecided voters dropping seven points to 11 per cent.