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Ruth Mosalski

Rate Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn in the BBC1 general election leaders' debate

Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson will once again go head-to-head in the final debate of the General Election campaign tonight.

There will be a debate between the leaders on BBC1 from 8.30pm, hosted by Nick Robinson.

It's seen by their campaign teams as the last chance for the two leaders to convince voters to support them.

Throughout the General Election campaign we've been asking you to rate the leaders and the parties.

Tonight, we want you to do the same , asking you the same questions as last time to see if your opinion has changed during the campaign.

The first time the two men debated head to head on ITV  on November 19, readers rated both men eight out of 10 .

Some 53% thought Jeremy Corbyn had won the debate while 38% backed Boris Johnson.

In the most recent, seven-way debate on the ITV there was no clear winner, according to our poll of WalesOnline readers .

At the time of writing, more than 1486 people had given their thoughts on how the parties performed in the two-hour debate chaired by journalist Julie Etchingham.

When the responses from the first 600 readers were collated, our poll suggested readers narrowly thought Labour's Mr Burgon, the party's candidate in Leeds East and shadow justice secretary, was the winner of the debate, giving him a rating of 65%.

However after more responses came in, Plaid's Adam Price topped the poll with an average rating of 66% when people were asked "please rank how you think each party did".

The other parties remained closely behind with the Green Party adrift on 56% and the Lib Dems, who were represented by Jo Swinson in the debate, last on 52%.

Of the people who took part in the poll, 34% said they would vote Labour, 25% Conservative, 19% Plaid and 8% Brexit Party with smaller figures for the other parties.

During the debate, Plaid's Adam Price made the audience laugh at Labour's representative Richard Burgon MP amid heated exchanges on Labour's record in power in the Welsh Government.

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