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Boris Johnson’s Tories Have 6 Point Lead Over Labour, Poll Shows
Boris Johnson’s Tories Have 6 Point Lead Over Labour, Poll Shows
13 Oct 2019, 03:50 PM IST
(Bloomberg) -- The U.K.’s ruling Conservatives have a 6 point lead over the opposition Labour Party and Boris Johnson is more than twice as popular as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as a future prime minister, a ComRes poll for the Express newspaper showed.
- The Tory party attracted 33% of voting intentions in a snap general election, compared with 27% for Labour, 18% for the Liberal Democrats and 12% for the Brexit Party.
- Johnson would be the best prime minister according to 38%, while 17% said Corbyn and 12% said Jo Swinson of the Liberal Democrats.
- ComRes surveyed 2,018 people on Oct. 9-10.
To contact the reporter on this story: James Amott in London at jamott@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Andrew Davis at abdavis@bloomberg.net, Sara Marley, Amanda Jordan
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