The Evening Standard: Latest opinion polls: Conservative Party lead narrows as Labour and Jeremy Corbyn make gains

06 December 2019

The race for No 10 has tightened as Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn enter the final lap, an exclusive Ipsos MORI poll for the Evening Standard reveals.

Labour are gaining support and have narrowed the gap, while the embattled leader has improved his personal ratings.

The state of the election, with just six days left of campaigning, has the Conservatives on 44 per cent (unchanged since two weeks ago), Labour on 32 per cent (up four points from 28), the Liberal Democrats squeezed to 13 (down three) and the Brexit Party on two per cent (down one).

With the Tories 12 points ahead, the detailed survey will boost Tory hopes of an overall majority. 

The findings are disastrous for Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson, whose policy to revoke Brexit without a second referendum has come under fire, and Brexit Party founder Nigel Farage, whose support has crashed amid splits in his ranks and his decision to pull 317 candidates. 

The battle could yet throw up surprises. Mr Johnson’s personal ratings are lower than Theresa May’s were a week before the 2017 election when she lost her majority. Mr Corbyn’s are even worse.

In other key findings:

Full survey results


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