The Labour Party’s five-week long lead of C+D’s election sentiment tracker could be under threat - but not by the ruling Conservative Party, as revealed by the fifth edition of our LinkedIn poll, which ran from June 24 to June 27.
With less than a week to go before the July 4 general election, 33% of the 242 respondents to the survey said they would choose “other” political parties, up by eight percentage points to its highest ever level from 25% last week.
This placed support for parties like the Liberal Democrats, Greens, SNP, Plaid Cymru and Reform just three percentage points behind Labour, which remained at the top with 36% of the vote.
Last week’s election tracker results revealed the way in which support is split among “other” party supporters, with the Lib Dems supported by 31% of C+D readers, the Greens by 29%, Reform by 28% and the SNP/Plaid Cymru receiving 12% of “other” support.
Meanwhile, C+D’s prognosis of a rally by the Tories last week was disproved as we witnessed another phase of the governing party’s stunning crash in support among our readers.
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The incumbent party was chosen by just 10% of C+D readers in the week five poll. A reminder: in 2015, less than ten years ago, the Conservative Party was the party favoured by 45% of C+D’s readers.
But the undecided voters may still play a part in deciding the composition of the next parliament. This week, as last week, 21% of C+D readers still did not know who would get their vote next week.
Vote in the sixth and final edition of C+D’s election tracker ahead of the July 4 general election – launching via LinkedIn on Monday (July 1).
