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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Oliver Milne

Brexit Party and Lib Dems surge in EU election poll as Tories plummet to fifth

The Liberal Democrats have leapfrogged Labour sending Jeremy Corbyn's party into third place, according to one poll.

But despite a surge, reported by YouGov, Vince Cable's party is still a distant second to Nigel Farage's Brexit Party.

The Conservatives could come fifth in the elections on May 23 - with the poll suggesting they might win just 9% of the vote.

The YouGov study put Sir Vince Cable's party, which is campaigning with a Stop Brexit message, on 16%, one point ahead of Labour , while the Tories dropped to single-digit levels of support on 9%.

The Brexit Party was on 35% according to the survey of more than 7,000 people.

The YouGov study again showed the Tories in fifth place, behind the Greens on 10%. Change UK were on 5% and Ukip on 3%.

Nigel Farage's party is set to win the elections to the European Parliament (Rowan Griffiths/Daily Mirror)

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YouGov's Adam McDonnell said: "Both the Conservatives and Labour look set to lose a majority of those who voted for them in the 2017 general election.

"Only one in five (20%) of those who voted Conservative just under two years ago are sticking with the party for next week's European Parliament vote, with 62% instead planning to back the Brexit Party.

"Labour is also losing a large proportion of their voters, mainly to Remain parties (Lib Dem 21%, Green 16%, Change UK 6%)."

Compared with YouGov's previous study for The Times on May 8-9, the Lib Dems and Brexit Party were up one point, Labour and the Conservatives both down one.

YouGov surveyed 7,192 British adults between May 12 and 16.

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