UK Conservatives have 16 point lead over Labour
The Conservative Party has seen a surge in support over the past week, according to a poll that gives the party a 16-point lead over Labour.
The poll, carried out by Opinium Research showed support for the Conservatives had reached 40%, while the Labour Party commanded 24%.
SkyNews reports that this is a 3% increase for the Tories on the same poll conducted a week earlier, while the Labour result is unchanged.
The Opinium poll, conducted between October 23-25, sees them poll at forty percent. This is 2.4 percent lower than the voter share they gained in 2017 but in that snap election, Labour secured 40 percent. The opposition party remain in second but are now at just 24 percent.
The Liberal Democrats had 15% support in the most recent survey, while Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party had 10%.
