Tactical voting in general election could spell Tories’ worst defeat in 100 years

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Widespread tactical voting would see the Tories return their worst election result in more than a century, shock new statistics reveal.

As Rishi Sunak’s party lags Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour by 18 points in the polls, it is on course to win 159 seats, Electoral Calculus predicts – down from the 365 it captured in 2019.