An ICM poll published on Monday, which was conducted immediately after the Conservatives scored big wins in local elections last week, gave May’s party a 22-point lead over the opposition Labour Party ahead of the June 8 national election. Monday’s survey for the Guardian newspaper put support for the Conservatives at 49%, up two points from the previous ICM/Guardian poll last week, with Labour down one point at 27%. The Conservative lead was the biggest on record for any British election survey conducted by ICM, the polling firm said. Pollsters got the result of the 2015 election badly wrong, concluding that they had underestimated support for the Conservatives and had over-represented Labour supporters in their surveys. ICM’s research director, Martin Boon, said there was now a risk that the latest poll was over-stating support for Conservatives and under-representing the Liberal Democrats.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 08, 2017 14:37 UTC