Politics latest: Big Tory names predicted to lose seats in another disastrous poll for Sunak

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A mega new YouGov poll has forecast Labour would win more than 400 seats if the general election were held tomorrow. The Conservative Party would crash to just 155 seats, meaning 210 sitting MPs would lose their jobs - among them multiple cabinet ministers.

A mega new YouGov poll has forecast Labour would win more than 400 seats if the general election were held tomorrow.The Conservative Party would crash to just 155 seats, meaning 210 sitting MPs would lose their jobs .Some big-name losers are set - according to the major poll of more than 18,000 adults - for a 'Portillo moment' on election night, losing their seat as a sitting cabinet minister.Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is forecast to lose his seat of Godalming and Ash .

A loss for Ms Mordaunt would be particularly embarrassing as she has been already a two-time contender for the party leadership, and has been touted as a potential successor to Rishi Sunak.Defence Secretary Grant Shapps is another big-name cabinet minister forecast to lose his seat of Welwyn Hatfield.The prolific cabinet minister, rumoured to be angling for the party leadership, holds a majority of 10,955 votes, but that seat is forecast to be yet another Labour gain.

 

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