The former chancellor’s campaign team has stressed in recent days that it is finding a much tighter race on the ground than suggested by the most recent YouGov poll a fortnight ago, which gave Trish a 24-point lead. The latest poll was conducted by Techne for a private client, but data tables for the poll of 807 Conservative members have been released. It comes after days of renewed momentum for Truss with a string of high-profile endorsements, including from Penny Mordaunt – a sign that ambitious ministers saw the race as close. Mordaunt, who was beaten by Truss to be Sunak’s challenger in the final stage of the leadership contest, said Truss was “the candidate of hope”. The endorsement came as a blow to Sunak after a bitter campaign in which Mordaunt supporters accused Truss of a damaging “blue-for-blue dogfight”. Mordaunt was the latest in a number of new Truss backers, including former leadership candidates Nadhim Zahawi and Tom Tugendhat, as well as former cabinet minister Brandon Lewis and West Midlands mayor Andy Street. Subscribe to First Edition, our free daily newsletter – every morning at 7am. BST The latest poll also includes significant positive numbers for Truss, suggesting her tax policies are far more popular than Sunak’s – although it was conducted before he announced further tax cuts in the next parliament. Highly rated by 62% of members compared to Sunak’s 30%. However, Sunak maintained a lead over Truss on Brexit, trusted by 50% to 41%. Polling expert Sir John Curtice said on Tuesday he did not believe the race was over. “We have to bear in mind that ever since the Tory MPs decided that this was a showdown between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, we have had a, I repeat, a poll of the people who will actually have a vote, namely the Conservative members. But that poll is now almost a fortnight away,” he told GB News. Another Sunday Telegraph poll of Conservative councilors also showed the race was tighter, with Truss on 31%, Sunak on 29% and more than 30% saying they didn’t know.
title: “Sunak Closes Gap In Truss In Tory Leadership Contest Poll Shows Conservative Leadership " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-03” author: “Shirley Gudino”
The former chancellor’s campaign team has stressed in recent days that it is finding a much tighter race on the ground than suggested by the most recent YouGov poll a fortnight ago, which gave Trish a 24-point lead. The latest poll was conducted by Techne for a private client, but data tables for the poll of 807 Conservative members have been released. It comes after days of renewed momentum for Truss with a string of high-profile endorsements, including from Penny Mordaunt – a sign that ambitious ministers saw the race as close. ‘Candidate of hope’: Penny Mordaunt backs Liz Truss for Conservative leadership – video Mordaunt, who was beaten by Truss to be Sunak’s challenger in the final stage of the leadership contest, said Truss was “the candidate of hope”. The endorsement came as a blow to Sunak after a bitter campaign in which Mordaunt supporters accused Truss of a damaging “blue-for-blue dogfight”. Mordaunt was the latest in a number of new Truss backers, including former leadership candidates Nadhim Zahawi and Tom Tugendhat, as well as former cabinet minister Brandon Lewis and West Midlands mayor Andy Street. Subscribe to First Edition, our free daily newsletter – every morning at 7am. BST The latest poll also includes significant positive numbers for Truss, suggesting her tax policies are far more popular than Sunak’s – although it was conducted before he announced further tax cuts in the next parliament. Highly rated by 62% of members compared to Sunak’s 30%. However, Sunak maintained a lead over Truss on Brexit, who is trusted by 50% to 41%. Polling expert Sir John Curtice said on Tuesday he did not believe the race was over. “We have to bear in mind that ever since the Tory MPs decided that this was a showdown between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, we have had a, I repeat, a poll of the people who will actually have a vote, namely the Conservative members. But that poll is now almost a fortnight away,” he told GB News. Another Sunday Telegraph poll of Conservative councilors also showed the race was tighter, with Truss on 31%, Sunak on 29% and more than 30% saying they didn’t know.
