Voters are against Remainer parties banding together to form electoral pacts, poll reveals

VOTERS oppose Remainer parties clubbing together to form electoral pacts at the next election, a new poll has revealed.

A BMG Research survey for the Electoral Reform Society poll found 41 per cent of the public want all political parties to stand in all areas - even if this means there’s a lower chance of electing a pro-Remain MP.

While a separate poll gave the Tories a massive 14-point lead over Labour, on 42 per cent support.

The ERS poll reflected the public’s growing fears towards the recent alliances forged by the pro-remain parties becoming a mainstay in future elections.

Nearly three-tenths of voters were in favour of parties tactically working together.

Willie Sullivan, senior director of the Electoral Reform Society, said: “Voters don’t appear to be wild about the idea of Brexit pacts.

We’re seeing a crystallisation of a bizarre demand: parties – which exist to contest elections – being urged to stand aside to avoid ‘splitting the vote’.”

AVOID 'SPLITTING THE VOTE'

He added: “Voters don’t just want a Leave vs Remain party, or Left vs Right: they want real choice and to be fairly represented.”

It follows on from Kantar’s research polling the Tories on top with more than 40 per cent of the public vote.

Labour held second-highest vote share with 28 per cent, ahead of the Lib Dems on 15 per cent.

Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans appear to be resonating with Leave voters- as the Brexit Party’s votes plummeted to a dismal 5 per cent.

Kantar’s latest figures also found more than half of voters are in favour of a second referendum on any agreement reached by the Government.

It claimed that 52 per cent of Britons support another Brexit vote, in contrast to 29 per cent of voters opposing a second referendum.

Despite one in three claiming that remaining in the EU or revoking Article 50 were their most preferred options, nearly half of the public said a No-Deal exit will be the ‘likely’ outcome on October 31.

The results will fuel further speculation of an autumn general election.

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