Jeremy Corbyn could lead Labour to their worst election result in Scotland and Wales in 100 years, poll reveals
JEREMY Corbyn is on course to lead Labour to its worst election result in Scotland and Wales for more than a century, a bombshell poll revealed.
The left-wing party is trailing the Tories in every English region apart from London and the North East and has shed more than 40 per cent of its support in its Northern heartlands in just two years.
It has nosedived to just 12 per cent in Scotland and 29 per cent in Wales – once electoral strongholds - while its backing has almost halved across the Midlands and East of England since 2017.
The explosive figures were revealed in a massive survey conducted by pollsters YouGov, who asked 11,590 people across Great Britain who they’ll be voting for on December 12.
It shows that both major parties are suffering, with Labour and the Tories set to perform worse in all regions than they did at the last election.
The Conservatives are on course to do best in the East Midlands and East of England, but are predicted to shed almost a quarter of their voters in the South East.
Smaller parties are set to put the squeeze on the big two with the Lib Dems, Brexit Party and Greens projected to see gains.
Nigel Farage’s eurosceptic party will perform best in the North East, where it could win just under a fifth of the vote, and Wales where it is on 15 per cent.
Meanwhile Jo Swinson’s Remainers are up to 23 per cent in the South East and 21 per cent in the South West, and are forecast to more than double their vote share to 19 per cent in London.
Overall the poll, which excludes Northern Ireland and was carried out at the end of October, has the Tories on 36 per cent, Labour on 22 per cent, the Lib Dems on 19 per cent and the Brexit party on 12 per cent.
Chris Curtis, Political Research Manager at YouGov, said: “The data clearly shows that voters have moved away from both major parties right across the country.
“However, the current picture is much worse for the Labour Party than the Conservative Party, with Corbyn’s party holding onto just over half of their 2017 voters as opposed to nearly three quarters for the Tories.
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“With five weeks still to go of campaigning, and with voters more volatile than ever before, Labour will need to improve these numbers quickly if they are to stand any chance of success at the end of the campaign.”
A separate Panelbase survey, also released yesterday, put the Conservatives on 40 per cent, Labour on 30 per cent, the Lib Dems on 15 per cent and the Brexit Party on 8 per cent.
Asked about Mr Corbyn’s dire figures, Shadow Equalities Secretary Dawn Butler replied: “I don’t think anybody really relies on polls nowadays because they’re just consistently wrong.”
Corbyn's Labour is trailing the Tories in every English region apart from London and the North East
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