Rishi Sunak would suffer a heavy defeat at the hands of Keir Starmer if a general election were it to take place now, a polling company has said. Sunak won the Tory leadership race on Monday to officially become the UK’s next prime minister.
But despite being more popular among voters than his predecessor, Sunak trails Labour leader Starmer in the polls.
According to a modelling sample of 12,000 people by YouGov, Starmer would win 389 constituencies, and Sunak just 127 constituencies. In 116 constituencies voters would not be sure of who to choose between the two.
Rishi Sunak would suffer a heavy defeat at the hands of Keir Starmer if a general election were it to take place now, a polling company has said. Sunak won the Tory leadership race on Monday to officially become the UK’s next prime minister.
But despite being more popular among voters than his predecessor, Sunak trails Labour leader Starmer in the polls.
According to a modelling sample of 12,000 people by YouGov, Starmer would win 389 constituencies, and Sunak just 127 constituencies. In 116 constituencies voters would not be sure of who to choose between the two.
That would be a huge reversal of the 2019 election, in which Boris Johnson lead the Conservatives to an 80-seat majority.
Support for Starmer over Sunak is particularly strong in both Scotland and Wales, with the new Tory leader failing to win a single seat north of the border.
Sunak told supporters on Monday that the Tory party must “unite or die” after the recent wave of controversy and infighting. Rishi Sunak would suffer a heavy defeat at the hands of Keir Starmer if a general election were it to take place now, a polling company has said.
Sunak won the Tory leadership race on Monday to officially become the UK’s next prime minister. But despite being more popular among voters than his predecessor, Sunak trails Labour leader Starmer in the polls.
According to a modelling sample of 12,000 people by YouGov, Starmer would win 389 constituencies, and Sunak just 127 constituencies. In 116 constituencies voters would not be sure of who to choose between the two.
That would be a huge reversal of the 2019 election, in which Boris Johnson lead the Conservatives to an 80-seat majority. Support for Starmer over Sunak is particularly strong in both Scotland and Wales, with the new Tory leader failing to win a single seat north of the border.
Sunak told supporters on Monday that the Tory party must unite or die after the recent wave of controversy and infighting.
In a speech at Conservative Party headquarters, he said: We now need stability and unity and I will make it my utmost priority to bring our party and our country together.
Sunak won the race to become Britain’s new PM on Monday after rivals Penny Mordaunt and Johnson pulled out of the contest.