Labour have surged to huge leads over the Tories in four separate polls. One showed the party a record-breaking 33 points ahead of the Conservatives.
The polls were carried out by four major polling companies, who all simultaneously said it was the highest lead they had ever recorded for Keir Starmer's party. The biggest margin was in a YouGov survey for The Times, putting Labour 33 points ahead.
It put Labour on 54% compared to the Conservatives’ 21%. Labour's previous 21-year record was 17 points, set just a few days ago, the Mirror reports.
YouGov said the lead is a record high share for Labour in any YouGov poll. It is also the highest figure the party has ever recorded in any published survey since the late 1990s.
Of the other polls, Survation gave Labour a 21-point lead while Redfield & Wilton Strategies recorded a 17-point lead. A Deltapoll survey for the Mirror on Thursday gave Labour 19-point lead over the Tories.
Deltapoll put the party on 48% of the vote and the Conservatives on 29% after Keir Starmer's conference speech. It also comes after the Government's mini-Budget that sparked market turmoil.
It is Deltapoll’s biggest Labour lead since the firm was founded in 2018. It beats the firm’s previous record of 13 points, which was set four days ago.
Deltapoll co-founder and director Joe Twyman said: “2022 has not been a good year for the Conservatives. The party has not led in the polls at any point throughout the entire year. Labour on the other hand, have seen their lead over the government grow and grow.
“The 19-point lead they enjoy in Deltapoll’s latest results represents yet another increase, with the Conservatives falling below 30%. Liz Truss and Conservatives will be hoping that their party conference provides an opportunity for turning around their fortunes – and that the gap they have overcome stops increasing in size."
Deltapoll’s online survey for the Mirror of 1,613 British adults, weighted to be representative of the population, was carried out between Tuesday and today. It indicates the scale of the ‘post-conference’ bounce for Keir Starmer after his speech on Tuesday, where he declared: “As in 1945, 1964, 1997, this is a Labour moment.”
