LONDON: Rishi Sunak’s approval ratings among Conservative members have sunk to their lowest level since he became UK prime minister.
For the first time since he moved into No. 10, Sunak has a negative approval rating, according to ConservativeHome website’s monthly survey of party members.
His net satisfaction rating in June was -2.7. This is a significant fall from May when his approval rating was +21.9, and from October 2022 — when he became PM — when his approval rating was +49.9.
The British Indian multi-millionaire and son-in-law of Narayana Murthy is among a record nine cabinet ministers in negative ratings; the others include chancellor Jeremy Hunt, levelling up secretary Michael Gove, and Oliver Dowden, the deputy PM.
Suella Braverman, the British Indian home secretary, who is spearheading the UK’s controversial policy to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda, in contrast, has a positive rating of 30.4 among the Tory grassroots.
It may be some consolation to Sunak that former PMs Boris Johnson and Theresa May both plunged into far worse negative ratings during their tenures in Downing Street, with Johnson’s score plummeting to -33.8 and May’s to -51.2.
The ConservativeHome site states that party members are disillusioned by “the absence of a story about what Sunak believes the main challenges for Britain are and how he intends to overcome them”. It says that Sunak’s five pledges, such as halving inflation and stopping the small boats, are not enough. “The prime ministers who make a lasting impact, like Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair, had a mission that friend and foe alike understand, even if they don’t like it. This autumn’s Conservative conference presents Sunak with what may well be his last chance to tell his story — and set out how he wants to change Britain for the better,” the conservative news website, owned by Lord Ashcroft, which is independent of the Conservative party, said.
Labour now has a 23-point lead over the Tories in Deltapoll’s most recent voting intention results. This would be large enough for an enormous Labour majority were there a general election tomorrow.
The website’s Cabinet league table survey for June gave defence secretary Ben Wallace the highest net satisfaction rating of +77.1, followed by foreign secretary James Cleverly at +54.4, business and trade secretary Kemi Badenoch at 43.9, and leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt at 43.3.
For the first time since he moved into No. 10, Sunak has a negative approval rating, according to ConservativeHome website’s monthly survey of party members.
His net satisfaction rating in June was -2.7. This is a significant fall from May when his approval rating was +21.9, and from October 2022 — when he became PM — when his approval rating was +49.9.
The British Indian multi-millionaire and son-in-law of Narayana Murthy is among a record nine cabinet ministers in negative ratings; the others include chancellor Jeremy Hunt, levelling up secretary Michael Gove, and Oliver Dowden, the deputy PM.
Suella Braverman, the British Indian home secretary, who is spearheading the UK’s controversial policy to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda, in contrast, has a positive rating of 30.4 among the Tory grassroots.
It may be some consolation to Sunak that former PMs Boris Johnson and Theresa May both plunged into far worse negative ratings during their tenures in Downing Street, with Johnson’s score plummeting to -33.8 and May’s to -51.2.
The ConservativeHome site states that party members are disillusioned by “the absence of a story about what Sunak believes the main challenges for Britain are and how he intends to overcome them”. It says that Sunak’s five pledges, such as halving inflation and stopping the small boats, are not enough. “The prime ministers who make a lasting impact, like Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair, had a mission that friend and foe alike understand, even if they don’t like it. This autumn’s Conservative conference presents Sunak with what may well be his last chance to tell his story — and set out how he wants to change Britain for the better,” the conservative news website, owned by Lord Ashcroft, which is independent of the Conservative party, said.
Labour now has a 23-point lead over the Tories in Deltapoll’s most recent voting intention results. This would be large enough for an enormous Labour majority were there a general election tomorrow.
The website’s Cabinet league table survey for June gave defence secretary Ben Wallace the highest net satisfaction rating of +77.1, followed by foreign secretary James Cleverly at +54.4, business and trade secretary Kemi Badenoch at 43.9, and leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt at 43.3.