Labour, the Conservatives and the General Election

I have been listening to some old episodes of The Rest Is Politics. I was struck with how well Rishi Sunak did taking the Conservative Party when it came to vote share.

When he took over from Liz Truss, the Lady Jane Grey of British politics, Labour had a massive lead over the Conservatives. At one time under Liz Truss, the lead was thirty three points, Labour polling at 54% with the Conservative Party getting 21%.

With the Conservative Leadership contest taking place, the lead Labour held when someone on the right of the party was in charge, should be remembered by them.

In fact, when you consider how bad the Conservatives were faring at one point, Rishi Sunak did well to close the gap when it came to national vote share.