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Labour left with simply 102 MPs in bombshell new ballot – Reeves, Rayner and Miliband gone

The Conservatives could be diminished to 81 seats, with Tory chief Kemi Badenoch and Priti Patel each ousted.

Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner may each lose their seats, the ballot suggests (Picture: PA)

Labour could be left with simply 102 MPs if a normal election have been held right now, a significant MRP survey has discovered, as greater than half of Sir Keir Starmer’s cupboard lose their seats, in addition to heavyweight backbencher Angela Rayner.

The ballot by Extra in Widespread, which surveyed over 15,000 voters, reveals Reform UK on target for 324 seats, simply in need of a majority. The Conservatives could be diminished to 81 seats, with Tory chief Kemi Badenoch and Priti Patel each ousted. The Inexperienced Get together would quadruple its illustration to 22 seats.

Ed Miliband can be susceptible (Picture: Getty)

Reform would unseat 12 cupboard ministers, the Greens three and an unbiased one. Among the many high-profile Labour losers are eight senior figures who gained their seats within the July 2024 normal election: Chancellor Rachel Reeves (Leeds West and Pudsey), Overseas Secretary Yvette Cooper (Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley), Power Secretary Ed Miliband (Doncaster North) and Defence Secretary John Healey (Rawmarsh and Conisbrough), all defeated by Reform; Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones (Bristol North West), Enterprise Secretary Peter Kyle (Hove and Portslade) and Northern Eire Secretary Hilary Benn (Leeds South), defeated by the Greens; and Well being Secretary Wes Streeting (Ilford North), dropping to an unbiased. Former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne) can be projected to lose to Reform.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer would maintain Holborn and St Pancras comfortably, although with a considerably diminished majority, studies The Sunday Instances. Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy clings on in Tottenham by simply 1 %.

Tory chief Kemi Badenoch is also in danger (Picture: Getty)

The findings come lower than a month earlier than the Could 7 native elections, the place Labour faces heavy losses, together with no less than 4 London councils (Islington, Lambeth, Southwark and Hackney).

In London, Labour is projected to retain solely 46 of its 59 seats, with Greens second in 10.

Luke Tryl of Extra in Widespread stated Reform stays “properly over 200 seats away from their closest challenger and the one social gathering that would viably type a authorities”, regardless of a slight plateau since January (down 57 seats). Labour features 16 seats on the sooner ballot however nonetheless faces a historic collapse from 411 in 2024.

Nigel Farage reacting on X, sharing the seat projection chart and commented: “New polling in @TheTimes this weekend. Vote Reform. Get Sir Keir Out.”

The Inexperienced surge marks the largest change, threatening Labour in its London strongholds and amongst youthful voters. Potential management contenders akin to Mr Streeting and Angela Rayner are amongst these projected to fall, leaving few apparent successors to Sir Keir.

The ballot punctures Labour hopes that Sir Keir’s dealing with of the Center East disaster would stabilise its place. Recriminations would possible observe any such defeat, with inner debates over technique in London and relations with the EU.

With Reform on 324 seats, it’s the clear frontrunner however in need of the 326 wanted for outright management.

The survey leaves Sir Keir’s authorities beneath siege from each Reform nationally and the Greens on the left, particularly within the capital.

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2024 normal election majorities for high-profile UK political figures:

  • Rachel Reeves (Leeds West and Pudsey): 12,392
  • Yvette Cooper (Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley): 6,630
  • Ed Miliband (Doncaster North): 9,126 John Healey (Rawmarsh and Conisbrough): 6,908
  • Darren Jones (Bristol North West): 15,669
  • Peter Kyle (Hove and Portslade): 19,881
  • Hilary Benn (Leeds South): 11,279
  • Wes Streeting (Ilford North): 528 Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne): 6,791
  • David Lammy (Tottenham): 15,434
  • Sir Keir Starmer (Holborn and St Pancras): 11,572
  • Kemi Badenoch (North West Essex): 2,610
  • Priti Patel (Witham): 5,145

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