Britain’s Labour Party is poised to win a staggering 262-seat majority in next month’s general election, leaving the Conservatives with a meager 72 seats, their worst performance in nearly two centuries. This is a dramatic decline from their 2019 result and less than half their previous worst result of 156 seats in 1906.
A Survation survey of 22,000 people, commissioned by Best for Britain, shows Labour sweeping 70 percent of the seats (456) with 40 percent of the total vote. Meanwhile, the Conservatives, despite still being the main opposition party, are predicted to win only 72 seats. If Labour gains just a 2-point swing, the Tories could be reduced to a mere 29 seats. This shift highlights the stark decline in Conservative Party support, which has dropped 21 points from 2019 to 24 percent in this survey.
The party has governed mostly to the center-to-far left for the past 14 years.
One of the most closely watched races is in Clacton, where Nigel Farage is narrowly projected to win with 31 percent of the vote, just two points ahead of the incumbent Conservative Giles Watling, who is expected to secure 29 percent.
Labour is set to win for the first time in traditionally safe Conservative areas such as Chipping Barnet, Hexham, Sutton Coldfield, and Tatton. Additionally, Labour is making inroads in Southend, Bournemouth, and the Isle of Wight, regions that have never had a Labour Member of Parliament.
