{UAH} Boris Johnson would LOSE election to Jeremy Corbyn suggests shock poll

Boris Johnson would LOSE election to Jeremy Corbyn suggests shock poll

Just 7% back Jacob Rees-Mogg, 5% Sajid Javid and 3% David Davis and 2% Michael Gove

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Nicola BartlettPolitical Correspondent

• 10:16, 30 SEP 2018
• UPDATED10:18, 30 SEP 2018

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Boris Johnson is by far the most popular Tory to take over from Theresa May - but he could still LOSE an election to Jeremy Corbyn , a poll suggests.

The BMG Research/HuffPost UK survey of 1,203 people shows 20% of the public back Mr Johnson to take over if May is forced to quit before the next election.

Despite widespread coverage of Boris Johnson's Brexit comments today the figures show the former foreign secretary is not as popular in the country as the coverage suggests.

Just 7% back Jacob Rees-Mogg , 5% Sajid Javid and 3% David Davis and 2% Michael Gove.

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More people would want Jeremy Corbyn as PM (Image: Getty)

But asked who they would prefer as next PM, 29% of those polled backed Corbyn, compared with 25% who said Johnson.

In answer to the same question comparing May and Corbyn, May beats Corbyn 27% to 25%.

The figures should bolster Theresa May as she heads into Tory Party Conference.

But the poll shows voters do not think May should fight the next election.

They do, on balance, want her in place to complete the Brexit talks which are due to end in mid-2019. 

Of those asked, 42% want the PM to stay in place to steer the UK out of the EU compared to 40% who do not. 

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Leave voters back her to stay in office until after the Brexit negotiations are done by 49% to 37%. While Remain voters also want her to stick it out until March 29, 2019 by 49% to 39%. 

But both Leave and Remain voters want May to be gone by the 2022 election.

Just less than half of Leave voters want a new Tory leader in place by then compared to 30% who want her to stay.

And 52% of Remain voters want May to be gone by the election compared to 31% who are happy for her to remain in Downing Street.

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Johnson's decision to compare the prime minister's Chequers plan for Brexit to a "suicide vest" triggered an immediate backlash from many Tory MPs but today's polls show that voters were not impressed either. 

According to the poll, 42% of Conservative thought his comment made him less prime ministerial, compared to 21% who thought it made him sound more prime ministerial and 37% who said it made no difference.

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