UK PM Johnson sees lead over Labour edge up: YouGov poll

Reuters

Published Dec 07, 2019 05:08PM ET

UK PM Johnson sees lead over Labour edge up: YouGov poll

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has increased its lead slightly over the opposition Labour Party to 10 points, a YouGov poll for The Sunday Times showed ahead of Thursday's national election.

Support for the Conservatives stood at 43%, up one point, while Labour was unchanged at 33%, the Sunday Times's political editor Tim Shipman said on Twitter.

YouGov polled 1,680 people on Dec. 5 and Dec. 6.