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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

‘Blue wall’ of Tory seats collapsed because of green issues, say Greenpeace

Leafy pond in East Lavant, near Chichester
East Lavant, in the Chichester constituency, which the Lib Dems won from the Conservatives. Photograph: Andrew Hasson/The Observer

The sewage crisis was a significant factor in the Tories’ losing support in the “blue wall” in the south of England, electoral polling suggests.

Seven out of 10 voters supported legal measures to eliminate sewage spills in ecologically sensitive areas by 2030, according to polling conducted for Greenpeace by Survation just before the election. Less than a third of voters thought the Conservatives were right to weaken their commitments on the climate crisis and the environment.

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