Johnson’s Conservatives Shed Support in Swing Seats, Poll Shows
- Labour at 49% support to Tories’ 33% in key ‘red wall’ areas
- Poll indicates ruling party could lose more than 100 seats
Boris Johnson visits a Covid-19 vaccination centre in Milton Keynes on Dec. 29
Photographer: Geoff Pugh/AFP/getty Images
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The U.K.’s ruling Conservatives are 16 percentage points behind the opposition Labour Party in the “red wall” of traditionally Labour-voting constituencies in northern England the Tories flipped at the last election.
According to a poll of voters, Labour had 49% support to 33% for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s party in all 57 of the districts the Conservatives won over in 2019.