Tories losing Red Wall as older voters are turned off by sleaze and lockdown parties

[AZProgressive]

Boris Johnson would lose both his majority and his parliamentary seat if an election was held tomorrow as older voters desert the Conservatives over sleaze and lockdown party allegations, a new poll suggests.

The new detailed research suggests Labour would be the largest party with 309 seats on a 41 per cent vote share, with the Tories losing 111 constituencies to end on 255 seats with 35 per cent of the vote in a hung parliament.

This is at least partly being driven by the fact that older voters and rural constituencies are the most likely to be concerned by recent scandals over lobbying, second jobs and Government parties that allegedly broke lockdown rules.

The large-scale sample research and MRP analysis was conducted by 38 Degrees and Survation alongside polling expert Christopher Hanretty of Royal Hollway University.

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/tories-red-wall-voters-sleaze-lockdown-parties-1371833?ito=twitter_share_article-top

[abqtommy]

1. Let's not forget the festering mess of the Brexit and Windrush scandals. The Stench of

Tory Sleaze is finally catching up to them.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. So, I take it "Red Wall" is a metaphor and not a quirky name of a UK riding. . . nt

[T_i_B]

3. It refers to traditionally Labour voting northern constituencies

Where voters have gone for the Tories at the last two elections.

I've lived in these areas for over a decade and the seat I'm in (Penistone and Stocksbridge) is a classic example of this. Lots of elderly voters who were enthusiastic about leaving the EU and couldn't stand Jeremy Corbyn.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Interesting background. Thanks. . . . . nt

[T_i_B]

5. The other notable thing about these areas

Is that they generally tend to be historically quite industrial (steel and coal were the big industries round here) and out on the fringes a bit, as opposed to the urban seats where Labour still prevails.