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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Deputy political editor

Heavy election defeat could lead to Tory lurch to right, analysis shows

Rishi Sunak, Kemi Badenoch and Suella Braverman in parliament.
Kemi Badenoch, centre, and Suella Braverman are seen as the two frontrunners to succeed Rishi Sunak. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK parliament/AFP/Getty Images

A catastrophic election defeat could lead to the parliamentary Conservative party tilting towards the populist right, Guardian analysis has indicated.

A projection of the seats the Conservatives would retain if there was a further two percentage point swing to Labour before election day, using data from Electoral Calculus, shows that about 40% of the remaining MPs would come from this wing of the party.

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