Keir Starmer has suffered the biggest fall in approval rating after winning an election of any Prime Minister in the modern era – plummeting 49 points from plus-11 to minus-38 – a poll has shown. The Telegraph has the story.
Sir Keir’s approval rating was at a high of plus-11 in July after Labour won the election with a landslide 174-seat majority – the biggest in 25 years – according to the poll, by More in Common.
But by this month, ahead of Rachel Reeves’ Budget on Wednesday, his personal rating had fallen to –38 – a net drop of 49.
It takes him below Rishi Sunak’s rating, which this month has improved from –37 when he lost the election to –31, according to the poll of 1,012 adults.
In comparison, Sir Tony Blair’s approval was still at plus-46 in August 1997, three months after his landslide victory, when the figure stood at plus-60. It took until summer 2000 before his rating turned negative.
David Cameron’s approval rating did not turn negative until the start of 2011, after he had defeated Labour and formed a coalition Government with the Liberal Democrats in 2010.
It was not until the “omnishambles” Budget of April 2012 that his rating dropped to just above –30.
Boris Johnson, who started off at –20 despite winning the 2019 election, had turned his rating around to plus three by January and then plus-14 by the following March.
Luke Tryl, the Executive Director of More in Common, said the collapse in Sir Keir’s approval rating was “unprecedented” compared with other Prime Ministers in the modern era.
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