UK General Election 2024: A New Poll Indicates Conservative Support Is At Its Lowest In 46 Years

London: According to a Monday opinion survey, support for the ruling Conservative Party has dropped to its lowest point in over 40 years as a general election approaches. Meanwhile, another former minister declared his intention to resign from parliament.

At the end of February, an Ipsos survey had the opposition Labour Party at 47% and the Conservatives, who had ruled for 14 years, at 20%. This was a seven-point drop in popularity in only one month. Since at least 1978, when it started routinely monitoring support for the major parties, this was the lowest level of support Ipsos has seen for the Conservatives.

The previous low was 22% in 1994, three years before the party saw its worst election loss in almost a century and during John Major’s tenure as prime minister of the Conservative Party.

“The past parallels seem to be concerning for Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party,” said Gideon Skinner, Ipsos’ director of political research.

Although he hasn’t specified a date, Prime Minister Sunak has said that he plans to hold a general election in the second half of this year. Ipsos conducted phone interviews with 1,004 British people between February 21 and 28 for the survey.

Sunak had a challenging start to the year after learning that Britain had entered a recession at the conclusion of the previous year, which coincided with the decline in Conservative support. Former minister of technology Paul Scully was the most recent Conservative to declare he would quit the legislature at the next election.

He said, “The party has lost its way, fueled by division.” “It requires a vision that can appeal to a larger segment of the electorate, going beyond crisis management.”