SUPPORT for the Conservatives has been decimated in the so-called "Red Wall" during Boris Johnson's scandal-plagued premiership, according to a new poll.
The Tories are facing a wipeout in the northern English seats they dramatically claimed from Labour in the 2019 election.
They are set to lose all but three of the 45 "Red Wall" seats, a tracker carried out by JL Partners on behalf of Channel 4 News has found.
Asked if there was a general election tomorrow, just 27% of voters said they would back the Tories compared with 36% of voters who said they would vote for Labour.
Some 40% of those surveyed felt the Prime Minister was doing "very badly" and the majority - 65% - said he was performing poorly.
Given the choice between Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson as Prime Minister, 35% wanted the Tory leader whereas 37% backed Starmer.
Coming from @Channel4News EXCLUSIVE POLL: CONSERVATIVES FACE WIPE-OUT IN THE RED WALL
— Ben de Pear (@bendepear) January 19, 2022
Worst Conservative poll rating in Red Wall since C4News “tracker” polling began in Nov 2020
JL Partners @Channel4News poll found that Conservatives would lose all but 3 of the 45 red wall seats
Many commentators have suggested the Prime Minster's success in Leave-voting areas that traditionally returned Labour MPs - such as Tony Blair's former Sedgefield seat and Dennis Skinner's longtime Bolsover sea - was because of his pledge to "get Brexit done".
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The survey asked 500 in the following seats a number of questions about politics to determine attitudes in former Labour strongholds.
The seats
- Ashfield
- Barrow and Furness
- Bassetlaw
- Birmingham, Northfield
- Bishop Auckland
- Blackpool South
- Blyth Valley
- Bolsover
- Bolton North East
- Burnley
- Bury North
- Bury South
- Colne Valley
- Crewe and Nantwich
- Darlington
- Delyn
- Derby North
- Dewsbury
- Don Valley
- Dudley North
- Gedling
- Great Grimsby
- Heywood and Middleton
- High Peak
- Hyndburn
- Keighley
- Leigh
- Lincoln
- Newcastle-Under-Lyme
- North West Durham
- Penistone and Stocksbridge
- Redcar
- Rother Valley
- Scunthorpe
- Sedgefield
- Stockton South
- Stoke-On-Trent Central
- Stoke-On-Trent North
- Wakefield
- Warrington South
- West Bromwich East
- West Bromwich West
- Wolverhampton North East
- Wolverhampton South West
- Workington
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