Video / Mark Mitchell,Act leader David Seymour has overtaken National Party leader Judith Collins as preferred Prime Minister in a new UMR poll, a result described as "unprecedented" by the polling company. The poll noted that was "an unprecedented result" in its poll - the first time an Act leader had out-polled a National Party leader. The poll noted 15 per cent of National voters picked Seymour as preferred PM: "David Seymour can now claim to be preferred Opposition leader." National Party leader Judith Collins and ACT leader David Seymour. Thirty seven per cent of National voters favoured Collins – and no other National MP was within coo-ee.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 08, 2021 04:07 UTC