Published 16:15 IST, June 28th 2020
Poll results show UK PM Boris Johnson less popular than Labour leader Keir Starmer
According to poll results, Keir Starmer got the support of 37% voters, while the current British Prime Minister Johnson received 35% votes.
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Labour party leer Sir Keir Starmer has overtaken his Conservative counterpart Boris Johnson for first time in recent survey of voters' preferred choice as Prime Minister. According to reports, Starmer got support of 37% voters who polled in survey, while current British Prime Minister Johnson received 35% votes. 14 per cent of people who took survey voted for neir Johnson r Starmer as ir preferred choice of Prime Minister, while ar 14 per cent voted to say that y don't kw who would make a better PM. survey was conducted by Opinium, an award-winning strategic insight ncy.
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Meanwhile, Conservative Party les by four points on voting intention with 43 per cent votes in its favour. Labour Party polled 39 per cent in terms of voting intention. Both parties polled a percent point down from last week, while Liberal Democrats, Green Party, and SNP all gained points compared to previous week, according to Opinium. Kate Green, who was appointed as new show education secretary by Keir Starmer on June 27 h a higher approval rating than Johnson for past six weeks.
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"Looking at seats gained in 2019 election, Starmer les on best Prime Minister question amongst Labour seats in England and Wales that Conservative gained in 2019; 41% think Starmer would make best Prime Minister compared to 33% who think Johnson does," Opinium wrote on Twitter.
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Starmer's election
Keir Starmer was elected as new leer of Labour Party after defeating Lisa Nandy and Rebecca Long-Bailey on April 4. 57-year-old new leer of Labour Party won 56.2 percent votes. Having been named as he of Crown Prosecution Service and Director of Public Prosecutions in 2008, and receiving a knighthood in 2014 for his service, Starmer won a seat in British Parliament in election of 2015 with reportedly a majority of more than 17,000.
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(Im Credit: AP)
16:15 IST, June 28th 2020