The Conservatives are now ahead of Labour in the Blue Wall for the first time since October last year when Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister.

A new Redfield & Wilton Strategies poll conducted on May 22 puts the Tories on 34 per cent and Labour narrowly behind on 33 per cent in the key collection of seats. 

The Tories were up two points and Labour was down three points when compared to a previous poll conducted on May 7. 

The Blue Wall refers to approximately 42 affluent southern constituencies in England where the Tories have traditionally found electoral success but where support has been slipping in recent years. 

The Tories won all 42 of the seats at the 2019 general election, securing about 50 per cent of the vote, while the Lib Dems came second with 27 per cent and Labour was third on 21 per cent.

The poll numbers suggest that the Tories are now on an upward trajectory in the seats which will be key to Mr Sunak’s hopes of staying in power at the next general election. 

It is the first time the Conservatives have led in the Blue Wall since Redfield & Wilton Strategies started its tracker poll of the seats back in October.

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