Extraordinary new poll shows Theresa May’s Tories lead Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour in almost every region of Britain
New data from YouGov shows the Tories have surged in Labour's former heartlands including Wales and the North-West
THE Conservatives are set to become the biggest party in almost every area of Britain including traditional Labour strongholds, new figures revealed today.
Jeremy Corbyn's unpopularity means that Labour has fallen behind the Tories even in areas such as Yorkshire and Wales.
And the two parties are neck-and-neck in the North-West, with the Conservatives only two points behind in the North-East.
Since the last General Election two years ago, the Tories have improved their position in every region of Britain.
Experts predict that if the results of the YouGov regional poll are repeated in the election on June 8, Theresa May will sweep to a huge majority.
Voters have apparently deserted both Labour and Ukip in favour of the Conservatives as a result of Mr Corbyn's leadership and Mrs May's vow to deliver Brexit in full.
YouGov's data, based on surveys carried out towards the start of the election campaign, shows the Conservatives beating Labour in the South-East, South-West, East of England, West Midlands, East Midlands, Yorkshire & the Humber and Wales.
Labour is winning only in London, with 41 per cent to the Tories' 36 per cent, and in the North-East where the party has 42 per cent and the Conservatives are on 40 per cent.
The SNP continues to dominate in Scotland, with 41 per cent of the vote, but the Tories have surged into second place with 28 per cent - nearly double the vote they won in 2015.
The biggest rise in Conservative support in any English region comes in the North-East, where the party has gone from 25 per cent to 40 over the past two years.
MOST READ IN POLITICS
The Tories' contrasting fortunes in the North compared to London suggest that their success is being driven by Brexit supporters who voted Labour in previous elections.
It means the party is set to pick up new seats in areas currently dominated by Labour - as opposed to merely increasing its share of the votes in seats with Tory incumbents.
Election analyst Matt Singh wrote on Twitter: "The Tories are NOT piling up votes in their own seats, they seem to be getting them in exactly the places they want them."
MAY ON THE MARCH: TORIES START TO OVERTAKE LABOUR ACROSS THE WHOLE OF BRITAIN
NORTH-EAST: Conservatives 40% (25% in 2015), Labour 42% (47% in 2015)
NORTH-WEST: Conservatives 42% (31%), Labour 42% (45%)
YORKSHIRE & THE HUMBER: Conservatives 43% (33%), Labour 38% (39%)
EAST MIDLANDS: Conservatives 54% (44%), Labour 28% (32%)
WEST MIDLANDS: Conservatives 51% (42%), Labour 28% (33%)
EAST OF ENGLAND: Conservatives 56% (49%), Labour 19% (22%)
LONDON: Conservatives 36% (35%), Labour 41% (44%)
SOUTH-EAST: Conservatives 56% (51%), Labour 19% (18%)
SOUTH-WEST: Conservatives 52% (47%), Labour 22% (18%)
WALES: Conservatives 41% (27%), Labour 35% (37%)
SCOTLAND: Conservatives 28% (15%), Labour 18% (24%), SNP 41% (50%)
Source: YouGov
A separate YouGov survey, also released today, found that nearly a quarter of Labour voters do not want to see Mr Corbyn become Prime Minister.
The extraordinary figures state that 64 per cent of all voters prefer Mrs May to her left-wing rival, with even 22 per cent of Labour supporters backing the incumbent.
In addition, 61 per cent of voters said it was "almost certain" that the Conservatives would win the election thanks to the party's consistently strong polling.
YouGov boss Stephan Shakespeare wrote: "Those 22 per cent holding their noses to vote Labour are anti-Corbynites who don’t want to see their party wiped out, and confident that Labour can't win.
"They will put their cross next to their local Labour candidate in the hope of a stronger opposition.
"If they were to vote for the government they actually want for the next five years, Labour would become a mere rump."