A new poll has put British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives ahead with a 19 percentage point lead over the Labour Party ahead of June’s election.
Research group Opinium published the online poll result this Saturday, a day after May said the result of the country’s upcoming national election is “not certain.”
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About 45 percent of voters said they would vote for the Conservative Party, which is up 7 percent on last week, while support for Labour stood at 26 percent, 3 percentage points down, according to the poll of about 2,000 voters.
The pro-Brexit UK Independence Party (UKIP) gained 9 percent of voter support, which is 5 points down from the last week. The Liberal Democrats climbed up 4 points to 11 percent.
The Conservative lead is enough to win a majority that could be over 100 seats, but Prime Minister May said on Friday she was not complacent.