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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maryam Zakir-Hussain,David Maddox,Alicja Hagopian and Joe Middleton

General Election polls – latest: Labour could surpass 1997 landslide victory as YouGov predicts Tory wipeout

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Labour are on course to surpass Tony Blair’s landslide majority in 1997, according to YouGov’s first major poll of the general election campaign.

The pollsters’ MRP forecast, based on data from more than 58,000 people, suggests Sir Keir Starmer’s party will win a huge majority of 194, with some 422 seats, while the Conservatives could suffer their biggest loss since 1906, winning just 140 seats.

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