:: Redfield & Wilton Strategies surveyed 1,500 Britons on July 14, and the results were weighted to represent the wider population. Research director at Redfield & Wilton Strategies, Philip van Scheltinga, said: 'Our polling shows, decisively, that with Rishi Sunak as their leader, the Conservative Party would struggle to connect with voters in the 'Red Wall' and other left behind areas of Britain that voted to leave the EU in 2016 and for Boris in 2019.' Ms Badenoch has been boosted by a ConservativeHome survey suggesting she is the favourite of activists.Īlthough foreign affairs committee chair Tom Tugendhat appears to have the least backing from MPs in the remaining field, he was seen as performing well in the first debate on Friday night. Meanwhile, Ms Truss has been appealing for right-wingers to unite behind her - and Kemi Badenoch has also been putting in a strong showing. Trade minister Penny Mordaunt has been amassing significant support in second place, but she has been facing intense questions about her stance on gender issues. Mr Sunak has topped the ballots so far and looks set to go into the head-to-head run off ballot by Tory members, but polls have suggested he could lose to a rival at that stage, and there is a huge struggle for the other spot in the final contest.
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The surviving candidates are gearing up for a make-or-break TV debate tonight, ahead of the next round of voting by MPs tomorrow. When people were given a list of Tory hopefuls and asked which best fit the description 'out of touch, 41 per cent said Mr Sunak, compared to just 6 per cent for Liz Truss and Penny Mordaunt. Some 69 per cent agreed with the statement that 'an extraordinarily wealthy politician cannot identify with the experiences of ordinary Britons' - including 41 per cent who said they felt strongly.īut contrast just 9 per cent disagreed with the idea.