The Tories lead by nine points in the PA’s poll of polls (Picture: NNP; Reuters)

With one week to go until voters go to the polls, the Tories hold a nine-point lead over Labour.

Much has been made of Theresa May’s dwindling lead in recent days but the poll shows Labour still have some way to go if they are to meet Jeremy Corbyn’s target of victory.

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At the beginning of May, the Conservative Party enjoyed a 16-point lead according to the polling average from the Press Association.

When the prime minister called the snap general election on April 18, some polls showed the government was ahead by 20 points, with the prime minister able to boast record-breaking levels of popularity.




However, that lead has fallen to just four points in a YouGov poll with a sizeable 50,000 sample.

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(Picture: PA Graphics)

(Picture: PA Graphics)

The PA poll of polls puts the Conservatives on 44%, Labour on 35%, the Lib Dems on 8%, UKIP on 4% and the Greens on 2%.

The polling averages were taken after live leaders’ debate yesterday which was snubbed by Theresa May, who sent Home Secretary Amber Rudd instead.

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However, despite the fall in vote percentage, pollsters still predict the Conservative party will win 346 seats with a lead of 42.

That would be an improvement of 15 from the last election when David Cameron secured 331 seats to Ed Miliband’s 232.

According to the PA poll, the result would see only a marginal gain for the Lib Dems with 10 seats while the Scottish National Party would still boast more than 50.

(Picture; PA Graphics)

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