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Rishi Sunak is the most popular politician in the Red Wall, poll finds

The chancellor is the only top Tory with a positive rating in the Red Wall, a survey revealed.

Henry Goodwin by Henry Goodwin
2022-01-20 09:21
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Rishi Sunak was revealed to be the most popular politician in the ‘Red Wall’, as his closest rival to succeed Boris Johnson jetted to Australia.

Liz Truss said she was holding defence talks Down Under as rivals for the Tory leadership started jockeying for position.

The foreign secretary, a favourite among Tory activists, missed Prime Minister’s Questions – and is nearly 10,000 miles away from Westminster as MPs plot to oust Johnson.

Truss’s avowed libertarianism has consistently propelled her to the top of popularity polls among Tory activists, who will choose the new leader.

The most recent survey by the ConservativeHome website gave her a favourability rating of +73, ahead of the rest of the cabinet, and miles clear of Johnson, who languishes at the bottom on -34.

NEW @JLPartnersPolls for @Channel4News: the Conservatives face wipe-out in the Red Wall.

Labour now lead by 11 points, with 48% to the Tories’ 37%.

If repeated at an Election, the Tories would lose all but 3 of their 45 Red Wall seats. (1/17) pic.twitter.com/rV43jGayKB

— James Johnson (@jamesjohnson252) January 19, 2022

Red Wall loves Rishi

Sunak sat in sixth place on that survey, at +49. But a new poll of Red Wall seats on Wednesday revealed that he is the most popular politician among voters as a whole.

His favourability rating in the key northern and Midlands seats won by the Tories in 2019 is +22, making him the only senior Tory liked by more voters than dislike him.

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Truss, meanwhile, is on -7, while Johnson has collapsed to -28, according to a survey by JL Partners for Channel 4 News.

Some 42 per cent of Red Wall respondents said Sunak would be the best Prime Minister against 24 per cent for Johnson.

The same poll puts Labour into an 11 point lead in the must-win seats.

The survey puts Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour at 48 per cent in the must-win stretch of northern seats – and the Tories at 37 per cent.

It suggests that, if an election took place now, the Tories would lose all but three of their Red Wall seats. Just Dudley North, Bassetlaw and Great Grimsby would stay Conservative.

Partygate struggles

The main reasons for government’s sliding support in the area are Boris Johnson’s leadership and the ongoing scandal around lockdown-busting parties in Downing Street, polling suggests.

However longer-term issues, including immigration and the cost-of-living, are also playing a role in turning voters away from the Tories.

Labour, meanwhile, is now seen as more competent and capable than the Conservatives – as well as less divided, Channel 4 News reported.

It comes as the Tories have plummeted to a staggering 32 points behind Labour in London as “Partygate” devastates Johnson’s premiership.

The huge gap between Labour and the Conservatives is the biggest in a YouGov survey of the capital for 12 years, according to the Evening Standard.

If replicated at a general election, it could see Johnson’s Tories lose eight seats in the city – leaving them with just 13 London MPs.

In another damning revelation, the poll showed that two-thirds of Londoners believe the prime minister should resign.

Four out of five believe Johnson has not been honest in responding to allegations of lockdown-busting Downing Street parties, including 69 per cent of Tory voters.

Related: Labour surges to 11 point lead in ‘Red Wall’ amid Partygate scandal

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