Cut in Tory poll lead over Labour

12 April 2012

The Conservative Party's poll lead over Labour has dropped from 11 to seven points over the past month, according to a survey.

The ComRes poll for The Independent put David Cameron's party on 38% - down three points on a similar survey last month - with Labour on 31% (up one) and Liberal Democrats on 17% (unchanged).

According to the Independent, this outcome would produce a hung Parliament if repeated at a general election, with Mr Cameron 18 MPs short of an overall majority.

But there was less welcome news for Prime Minister Gordon Brown as the poll suggested his party's supporters were less likely to turn out to vote than those of the other main parties.

Just days after minister Ivan Lewis warned Labour was losing touch with its core supporters, the poll found that only 43% of people who described themselves as natural backers of the party were "absolutely certain" to turn out, against 67% of Tory "identifiers" and 54% of people who regard themselves as natural Lib Dems.

:: ComRes questioned 1,004 British adults by phone from March 28-30.

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