POLL: Labour supporters are more satisfied with Theresa May than Jeremy Corbyn
Carl Court / Getty
- Ipsos MORI phone poll: Conservatives 45 / Labour 34
- Incredibly, Labour supporters are more satisfied with May than Corbyn (45%/39%)
- May is much more popular with the general public
Theresa May's Swiss holiday will be even more enjoyable when the prime minister is informed about the results of Ipsos MORI's latest political monitor. Not only do the Conservatives continue to enjoy a sizeable lead over Labour (11%), but May is currently more popular with Labour supporters than the Labour leader.
As the chart below illustrates, more Labour supporters are satisfied with the Conservative prime minister than they are with their own leader - May 45%, Corbyn 39%. It is a damning indictment of Corbyn's leadership at a time when he is fighting hard to retain it in the party's leadership contest.
London Evening Standard
May is much more popular with the general public, too. More than half (54%) of respondents said they were satisfied with the job she was doing as prime minister, with just 19% claiming to be dissatisfied. Just 19% of respondents said they were satisfied with the job Corbyn is doing as Labour leader, though, with 58% dissatisfied.
This leaves May with a net satisfaction score of +35. Corbyn's, on the other hand, is -33. This is visualised in the graphic below.
Ipsos MORI
Personal ratings aside, the Ipsos MORI survey was just the latest opinion poll to indicate a massive gulf between the Tories and Labour. The Conservatives have an 11-point lead over Labour at a time when the opposition really should be doing a lot better. At this stage in the last electoral cycle, for example, Ed Miliband's Labour was leading by 6-points in a YouGov poll.
You can see in Business Insider's poll tracker below how Labour's ratings have completely plummeted since mid-July.
Business Insider/UK Polling Report data
- I quit McKinsey after 1.5 years. I was making over $200k but my mental health was shattered.
- Some Tesla factory workers realized they were laid off when security scanned their badges and sent them back on shuttles, sources say
- I tutor the children of some of Dubai's richest people. One of them paid me $3,000 to do his homework.
- Why are so many elite coaches moving to Western countries?
- Global GDP to face a 19% decline by 2050 due to climate change, study projects
- 5 things to keep in mind before taking a personal loan
- Markets face heavy fluctuations; settle lower taking downtrend to 4th day
- Move over Bollywood, audio shows are starting to enter the coveted ‘100 Crores Club’