Liz Truss storms ahead of Rishi Sunak in Tory leadership candidate race, poll suggests

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The battle to become the next Conservative leader has been whittled down to just two candidates

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Liz Truss has taken a big lead among Conservative Party members who decide who will become the next Prime Minister, a fresh poll has suggested. The former Leeds schoolgirl has built a 24-point lead over her rival Rishi Sunak in the first poll from YouGov since the final pairing was revealed.

When it comes to headline voting intention, Ms Truss scored 62%, with Mr Sunak at just 38%, according to the YouGov poll. The pair are the last ones standing in the leadership contest, after Penny Mordaunt was eliminated from the race yesterday (July 20).

Whoever comes out on top will replace Boris Johnson as Tory leader - and eventually become PM - after he announced his intention to step down from the position on July 7. The final decision will be voted on by Tory members of more than three months, with the result set to be announced on September 5. Earlier in the week, YouGov's data predicted that Ms Truss would beat Mr Sunak in a then-hypothetical vote. Now with the vote becoming a reality, the latest YouGov poll confirms that prediction.

At the moment, 31% of the Conservative membership have said that they intend to vote for Mr Sunak, while 49% expressed an intention to vote for Ms Truss. A further 15% currently don’t know how they will vote, while 6% currently told YouGov they will abstain. This gives the Foreign Secretary a 24-point lead over the former Chancellor.

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[BeyondGeography]

1. The funny/sad bit is all the remainers support Sunak

even though he was for Brexit and Truss wasn’t. Kinda feels like he’s getting the smarter less bigoted people (who are always outnumbered on the right).