ELECTION 2020: Labour-led govt still most likely - latest poll

ELECTION 2020: Labour-led govt still most likely - latest poll
Pattrick Smellie
The Labour Party is still in pole position to form the next government, its 47 percent support unchanged since last week’s One News-Colmar Brunton opinion poll.However, it will still need the Green Party to be sure of a working majority.The MMP seat calculator on the Electoral Commission’s website gives Labour 61 seats in the 120-seat Parliament, just enough to govern alone with a one-seat majority, but not a wide enough margin for political safety over three years. The poll, taken between Oct 3 and 7 and including Tuesday&rsqu...

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