The Conservative Party could lose all its recently-gained seats in the North East if a general election were held tomorrow, a new poll suggests.
New analysis by YouGov claims the Tories are currently on track for large-scale losses in key battleground seats if nothing changes before voters next head to the polls. The research firm estimates that, of 88 key swing seats (those that were either gained from Labour in 2019 or are currently head by the ruling party with a margin of less than 15 points), just three would stay in Conservative hands if a vote were held now.
Among the predicted losses would be the much-celebrated gains for Boris Johnson's party in the North East: Blyth Valley, North West Durham, Darlington, Redcar, Sedgefield and Bishop Auckland. All six were seen as shock defeats for the Labour Party when they changed hands in 2019, part of the fall of the so-called 'Red Wall'.
