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A new YouGov survey, conducted for the Sunday Times after the General Election results revealed the Prime Minister had lost her parliamentary majority, found 48 per cent of voters thought she should stand down - with just 38 per cent backing her to stay. And a poll conducted by Survation for the Mail on Sunday found 49 per cent of Britons wanted her to quit, with 38 per cent believing she should remain in Number 10.

GETTY The polls found Boris Johnson a favourite to be next PM, and Jeremy Corbyn popular as a potential PM

Thirteen per cent of participants in the Survation poll said they did not know whether the Prime Minister should leave Downing Street. In a shocking development, another Survation poll also gave Labour a six-point lead over the Conservatives since the General Election, with Jeremy Corbyn’s party at 45 per cent and the Tories at 39 per cent. YouGov found in a separate survey that Mrs May and Mr Corbyn tied at 39 per cent when the public was asked who would make the best Prime Minister.

GETTY Around half the British public want the Prime Minister to resign, according to polls

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If Mrs May were to resign, some 41 per cent of voters thought she should go immediately, and a further 20 per cent believed she should quit in the next six months, according to Survation. But 23 per cent said Mrs May should go after she has finished negotiating Britain’s departure from the European Union. In the same poll, Boris Johnson appeared to be the favourite to replace the former Home Secretary, with 26 per cent of the public backing him.

GETTY Mr Johnson is said to be preparing a leadership challenge against Mrs May

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A further 10 per cent of Britons thought Philip Hammond should replace Mrs May, while David Davis had the support of nine per cent of the public. Amber Rudd was backed by eight per cent of the survey’s participants, and four per cent thought Michael Gove would be best as next Prime Minister. Boris Johnson is reportedly preparing a leadership bid against Mrs May as the Prime Minister’s grasp on power weakens.