Cabinet minister Mel Stride claimed Conservative voters had stayed away on May 2 but could be persuaded to return at the general election.
Rishi Sunak must win back “disgruntled” Conservative voters to give the party a hope of general election victory, a Cabinet minister indicated.
Mr Stride, a close ally of the Prime Minister, said a lot of Conservative voters “stayed away” from the ballot boxes at the May 2 contests because they were “disgruntled”.Mr Stride acknowledged on Times Radio the results from the local elections had been “very painful” for the Conservatives. MPs return to Parliament on Tuesday after the full extent of the electoral mauling in the local polls became clear over the bank holiday weekend.
He has been given space to do so by the apparent fizzling out of a Tory rebellion against his leadership, talked up last week as a means of reversing the party’s electoral fortunes in anticipation of challenging local elections. However, other polling experts have warned against reading too much into local election data as voters in national polls tend to to behave differently, with fewer opting for smaller parties.
Ms Reeves acknowledged concerns within Labour about voters – including in areas with large Muslim populations – shifting away from the party over its position on the Israel-Hamas war.
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