Jeremy Corbyn was given a boost in the polls today as several surveys showed the gap narrowing between him and Boris Johnson .
While four surveys for Sunday newspapers all showed the Conservatives well ahead, three of them showed Labour catching up with 10 days left to polling day.
Mr Corbyn has repeatedly claimed he doesn’t pay attention to polls – and Labour did better than predicted in 2017.
However, today’s surveys by YouGov, Savanta Comres, BMG and Opinium show a Tory-Labour gap of between six and 15 points.
Opinium said the gap had narrowed from 19 points to 15, with the Tories on 46% while Labour racked up 31%.
YouGov said its gap was down from 11 to 9 points, with the Tories receiving 43% of the vote compared to 34% for Labour.
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And the Tory lead more than halved according to BMG, which claimed a 13-point gap had been cut to just six points in a week.
BMG found the Conservatives on 39% support compared to 33% for Labour, thanks partly to more people who voted Labour in 2017 returning to the party.
Robert Struthers, head of polling at BMG, said:“With less than two weeks until polling day, our latest vote intention numbers show Labour starting to close the gap.
“The shifts we have witnessed in our headline voting intention figures take the Conservative lead from a likely majority into possible hung parliament territory.
“And while the margin of error – a feature of all polls – means this shift may not be as large as the headline suggests, it does add weight to other existing polling evidence which shows the Labour Party starting to build momentum.”
Only one poll in today’s spread of four for the Sunday newspapers showed the Tory lead growing.
The Savanta ComRes poll for the Sunday Telegraph put the Tories on 43% and Labour on 33%, a Conservative lead three points larger than the firm’s previous survey.
It also showed 41% backed a no-deal Brexit on 1 January 2021 if there’s no trade deal in time – compared to 27% who disagreed.
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