Election poll reveals Boris Johnsons lead slashed by more than half to just 28 seat majority

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BORIS Johnson’s lead has been slashed by more than half a 28-seat majority with just two days to go until the election – with the PM now pleading: “We’re fighting for every vote”.

A new YouGov MRP poll for The Times, which correctly forecast the election results in 2017, has revealed Boris will need every vote at Thursday’s ballot.

Boris’ majority slashed by more than half

 

This is despite the projected majority meaning the Tories will have clinched 339 seats – 22 more than two years ago when they received 317.

The detailed seat-by-seat analysis means every vote will make all the difference if Brits want to avoid another hung parliament – with just 28 seats currently in it.

The same poll – based on 100,000 interviews – carried out on November 28 showed Boris was on course for a comfortable 68-seat majority.

Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn still appears poised for a disastrous election result with 231 seats – 31 less than 2017 – while Lib Dems look on course for 15 and the SNP 41.

But Anthony Wells, YouGovs director of political research, told the newspaper: “Based on the model we cannot rule out a hung parliament.”

Boris today hammered home his warning of a “clear and present danger” of a Corbyn government if Brits don’t check the Conservative box on their ballot paper.

The Tories are concerned a Labour victory is much closer than their supporters think due to tactical voting for Remainers

And the PM said the polls predicting a Tory victory could be wrong like in 2017 as he issued his rallying cry to the British public.

Boris Johnson looks on course to win the election on Thursday

Responding to a question from a journalist that he was home and dry for an election win, he said: Absolutely not.

“This is a very close fought election and we need every vote. As I say, the only mathematical alternative to a working majority Conservative government is a real risk of another hung parliament.

That’s another five years of confusion, chaos, dither, delay and division. We cannot go down that route.

I’m sorry to say this but you remember what happened in 2017 polls can be wrong. We need to be fighting for every vote.

According to the latest poll, environment secretary Theresa Villiers is heading for defeat in Chipping Barnet.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and ex-party leader Iain Duncan Smith also appear to be clinging to very narrow leads.

Boris today smashed through a Styrofoam brick-wall, with Deadlock’ emblazoned on it, in a Union Flag digger at the JCB factory in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.


The JCB had his Get Brexit Done mantra painted on it in bold letters as he urged voters not to be complacent and back the Tories if they want to finally get Britain out of the EU.

Tory chiefs are now worried Corbyn could win the election without gaining a single extra seat.

A party memo, issued on Saturday, said a coalition led by the Labour boss is possible with only 40,000 tactical votes against Boris.

Just 12 extra seats won by other parties such as the Lib Dems or the SNP would result in a hung parliament, according to the document.

In the 2017 election, a similar YouGov poll predicted the Conservatives would win42 per cent of the vote, with Labour on 38 per cent.

The figure was almost perfect, with Theresa May winning 43.5 per cent of seats, and Jeremy Corbyn 41.

Crucially it also forecast a hung parliament when every other survey predicted a Tory majority.

YouGov said of its methods: YouGovs official MRP model accurately forecast the hung parliament in the 2017 General Election.

Even correctly projecting that seats such as Kensington & Chelsea and Canterbury would be won by the Labour Party.

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