20 June 2024
A third poll projected a Labour majority of 162, with the Conservatives winning 155 seats, one fewer than their record low in 1906. The More in Common poll had the Lib Dems making big gains from the Tories in the home counties and west country, leapfrogging the SNP into third place with 49 seats.
19 June 2024
Luke Tryl, executive director of More In Common UK, which carried out the research, said the findings showed that the Tories were in a “deep hole” and the problem was getting worse.
19 June 2024
Around 60 per cent of Brits would rather have Keir Starmer as their GP as opposed to Rishi Sunak, a poll has revealed. Labour leader Sir Keir was more popular among young people aged between 18 and 34, the research from More in Common showed.
19 June 2024
Could Labour’s ‘left-wing cull’ come back to haunt the party at the general election?
“In terms of the calculated decision Starmer has made, looked at purely from electoral logic, it makes sense,” says Luke Tryl, Executive Director of the More in Common research group.
“If Starmer was going to win back those voters Labour lost, particularly in places like the red wall, he was going to have to convince them that he had changed the Labour party and that it was different to what had come before under Corbyn.”
19 June 2024
The YouGov, Savanta and More in Common polls were released after a cabinet minister became the first to concede that Labour is heading for a “large majority”.
All three were carried out using the so-called “MRP” method, which surveys more people than normal and gives a seat-by-seat prediction to supposedly try to come up with a more accurate forecast.
18 June 2024
Rishi Sunak accuses Keir Starmer of only wanting to lower voting age to 'entrench his power'
Mr Sunak's comments come after a poll by More in Common found that the public thinks Labour only wants to make the change for its own electoral self-interest.