Theresa May – still in the lead (picture from Getty Images)

If you’re not a Conservative, we’re sorry to direct you towards the latest opinion polls.

The Tories are still on course for a landslide victory at the June 8 general election, despite Prime Minister Theresa May’s popularity waning slightly amongst voters.

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A survey by Opinium put the Conservatives on 46%. That’s one point down on the previous week, but still 16 points clear of Labour, who were unchanged on 30%.

Liberal Democrats improved by one point to 9% and Ukip were unchanged on 7% – however the figure was released before the humiliating losses during local elections.


There has been a slight dip in support for the Tories since the campaign began, but one analyst said they were still on course for ‘the type of victory last seen by Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher’.

One month from #GE2017, here's the latest @PA result projection. You can walk from Llandudno to Clacton without leaving Tory territory. pic.twitter.com/OY6tl8NlEA — Ian Jones (@ian_a_jones) May 8, 2017

The survey of 2,005 adults carried out on May 2 and 3 found an increase in numbers of voters who disapprove of Mrs May’s performance as prime minister, up from 31% the previous week to 33% now.



The proportion of people who approved of Theresa May’s performance slipped two points to 46%.

Her overall satisfaction rating stood at +13, down four points over the week, and down eight points from the plus-21 recorded before the campaign began, but still well ahead of Jeremy Corbyn on -32 and Tim Farron on -25.

Opinium’s head of political polling Adam Drummond said: ‘The strains of the campaign spotlight have had some impact on the public perception of Theresa May, with Remain voters in particular feeling less convinced by her message than at the start of the campaign.

Theresa May ‘could be as successful as Blair at his peak’ (Picture: PA)

‘That being said, Mrs May and the Conservatives can afford to lose some Remain voters because, as the local elections showed, they are absorbing most of the Ukip vote and are on course for the type of victory last seen by Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher when they were at their peaks.’

The latest PA general election projection also had the Conservatives well ahead with 381 projected seats and Labour on 181.

The latest Britain Elects poll of polls, which takes several electoral polls and provides an average figure for each party, also has the Conservatives in the lead with 46.4%, Labour 28.2%, Ukip 6.7%, Liberal Democrats 10.1% and Green 2.8%.

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