British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party is heading for a historic defeat in the July 4 general election, according to three new polls.
A Survation MRP poll published in the Times predicts that the Labor opposition will win a majority of 262 seats in Parliament, while the Conservatives will be reduced to just 72 seats. Opinium’s research for the Observer showed Labor with a 17-point lead, and Savanta predicted “electoral extinction” for Sunak’s party in a poll for the Sunday Telegraph.
The figures show that Sunak’s weak position at the start of the campaign has worsened since he called the surprise vote three weeks ago. They suggest the Conservatives are heading for their worst defeat since the party was formed two centuries ago, with less than half the seats they had after a 1906 defeat.
