Tories overtake Reform again in bombshell new poll day before election

EXCLUSIVE: The poll shows the Conservatives are up three points in a boost for the embattled Prime Minister, while Reform is down three.

By Katie Harris, Political Reporter

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The Tories have moved ahead of Reform UK in new polling on the eve of the General Election.

The survey by Whitestone Insight for the Daily Express puts Rishi Sunak's party up three points from last week on 21%.

Meanwhile, Nigel Farage's Reform has dropped three points to 18% as 2019 Conservative voters return to the party.

The poll gives Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party a 17-point lead on 38%.

Andrew Hawkins, founder and CEO of Whitestone Insight said: "Labour are set to win a record-breaking majority but Sir Keir Starmer’s likely victory tomorrow will be tempered by the knowledge that Reform UK and the Conservatives will likely between them get more votes.

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Nigel Farage and Rishi Sunak

Nigel Farage and Rishi Sunak (Image: GETTY)

"He will also know that, unlike his predecessors, he will begin his term of office with negative approval ratings and so he must focus on delivering for the whole country to have any hope of winning a second term.

"For the centre right, the challenge is equally daunting and Labour will be the principal beneficiary for as long as they remain divided.

"Unlike 1997, July 4 2024 does not feel like the moment when politics gets boring again."

The Lib Dems take 10%, the Greens are on 7%, the SNP is on 3%, while other parties are also on 3%.

According to Electoral Calculus, if the result was repeated at the General Election it would give Sir Keir Starmer's party 453 seats, with the Tories taking 79, the Lib Dems 67 and 10 for Reform.

Mr Farage's party had been building momentum in the polls following his bombshell return to frontline politics early in the election campaign.

But the rebranded Brexit Party, which has been at the centre of a racism row this week over campaigners and candidates, appears to have stalled ahead of the July 4 ballot.

Whitestone Insight interviewed 2,014 British adults online on Monday and Tuesday.

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