Second poll gives Labour a lead
Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party has taken a lead in the polls after a handful of rebel MPs broke away to form The Independent Group (TIG) last month.
In a poll out today for the Daily Telegraph, Comres puts Labour up one point on 35% while the Tories are down two points on 34%. TIG, although not a political party but a private company, registers at 7%, one point below the Liberal Democrats but a point ahead of Ukip.
New @ComRes voting intention for @Telegraph:
Con 34% (-2)
Lab 35% (+1)
LD 8% (-)
TIG 7% (-1)
UKIP 6% (-)
SNP 3% (-)
Green 3%(-)
Other 4% (+2)— ComRes (@ComRes) March 19, 2019
This comes after a poll on Friday by Survation - the only pollster to correctly predict the 2017 general election - gave Labour a four-point lead over the Tories. TIG didn't feature in that poll.
Westminster voting intention:
LAB: 39% (+3)
CON: 35% (-5)
LDEM: 10% ()
UKIP: 5% (-)
via @Survation, 15 Mar
Chgs. w/ 18 Feb— Britain Elects (@britainelects) March 16, 2019
