A new poll conducted by United Kingdom-based research data company Focaldata, says Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on course to lose his seat in UK’s Parliament (House of Commons) in the next general election scheduled for 2024.
The poll is the first detailed survey of the public’s perception of PM Johnson’s handling of the recently concluded Brexit talks and the COVID-19 pandemic after he reversed plans to allow families to meet up during Christmas in parts of southern England to combat the spread of the pandemic, reported Reuters.
Over 22,000 people were surveyed in a closely watched constituency-by-constituency poll over a four-week period in December.
The multilevel regression and post-stratification poll found the ruling Conservatives would lose 81 seats, wiping out the 80-seat majority. This would leave the Conservatives with 284 seats, while the opposition Labour Party would win 282 seats, the poll showed.
The Scottish National Party, which wants to break away from the rest of the United Kingdom, is predicted to win 57 of the 59 seats in Scotland, meaning the party could potentially play a kingmaker role in forming the next government.
PM Johnson who belongs to the Conservative Party, the poll found out, is also at risk of losing his Uxbridge seat, west of London. PM Johnson won a resounding election victory last year that allowed him to take Britain out of the European Union (EU) on New Year’s Eve after almost half a century of close ties.
According to Focaldata, PM Johnson’s role as Prime Minister may increasingly be defined by the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has already crushed the economy and killed more than 74,000 people in the UK.
