Tories Heading For Wipeout At General Election, New Poll Reveals

The Conservatives are heading for a 1997-style wipeout at the general election, according to a major new poll.

The YouGov survey of 14,000 people across the UK shows Labour is set to secure a 120-seat majority.

It says the Tories would be left with just 169 MPs – 196 fewer than were elected in 2019.

That would be an even worse performance than when John Major lost 178 seats in 1997, when Tony Blair secured a majority of 179.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is one of 11 cabinet ministers who would lose their seats if the poll is correct.

The findings pile even more pressure on Rishi Sunak ahead of a crucial week in which MPs will vote on his flagship Rwanda bill.

Right-wing Tories says the legislation currently does not go far enough because it does not allow the government to ignore European court rulings.

Reacting to the poll, former cabinet minister Simon Clarke said: “This would represent a disaster for the Conservatives and our country.

“The time for half measures is over. We either deliver on small boats or we will be destroyed.”