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Tories heading to worst General Election result since 1997 with shock poll predicting Rishi Sunak would lose 200 seats if votes were cast TODAY losing 11 cabinet ministers including Chancellor Jeremy Hunt

Rishi Sunak is heading for a 1997-style election wipeout, a major poll warned last night.

The survey of 14,000 voters found the Tories are on course to lose nearly 200 seats at this year’s General Election, giving Sir Keir Starmer a 120-seat majority.

The projected result would be the biggest collapse in support for a governing party since 1906, with an 11.5 per cent swing to Labour.

At least 11 Cabinet ministers would lose seats, including Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. Mr Hunt's constituency, South West Surrey, would be lost to the Liberal Democrats, the poll suggests.

This would make him the first Chancellor to lose their seat at an election, with other Tory MPs including Penny Mordaunt, Grant Shapps and Sir Iain Duncan Smith, also at risk.

The YouGov study also suggests the Reform Party could hinder Tory fortunes. Although Reform is not forecast to win any seats, it could cost Mr Sunak 96 MPs – the difference between a Labour landslide and a hung parliament.

Meanwhile, Nigel Farage yesterday said he was ‘seriously considering’ a return to frontline politics after a survey, by Survation, suggested he could well win a seat when Britain goes to the polls.

According to The Telegraph, every Red Wall seat won from Labour by Boris Johnson in 2019 will be lost and the Scottish National Party is predicted to lose almost half of its seat to Labour - keeping only 25.

The Tories will win 196 fewer seats than in 2019, which is more than Sir John Major lost in 1997.

The YouGov pol will be looked at closely by Conservative MPs who believe that a change of leader might be the only way to avoid disaster at the general election.

It was commissioned by the Conservative Britain Alliance and carried out by YouGov.

If the poll is to be believed, the election result would be the biggest collapse in support of a governing party since 1906.
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