Most Conservative Party voters don’t believe Badenoch would make good PM – poll

Only a mere one in four Conservative Party voters believe Kemi Badenoch would make a good prime minister, a new poll has concluded.

This follows Badenoch’s recent expression of a hardline stance on immigration policies.

According to the poll by YouGov, less than half — only 48 percent — believe Badenoch looks like a prospective prime minister, with only 26 percent of the view that she would do a good job as leader of the UK.

Just one in seven voters — 14 percent — across the entire population say she currently has what it takes to be prime minister.

According to the poll, 39 percent of voters spread across Labour, Liberal Democrats and Reform UK consider her untrustworthy.

However, 19 percent consider her trustworthy. While 39 percent say she is dislikable, 24 percent consider her likable.

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On the job approval rating stakes, 56 percent of 2024 Tory voters handed her a thumbs-up, with 17 percent saying she is doing a shoddy job.

The numbers have made for grim reading for Badenoch and the Tories lately. Last week, another poll showed that Badenoch’s Conservative Party has been pushed to third place for potential voters — behind Reform UK and Labour.

Badenoch has in recent times communicated her policy stance on immigration with a recent interview with the BBC calling for significant changes to the process of acquiring British citizenship; she proposed that immigrants should only be eligible to apply after residing in the United Kingdom (UK) for 15 years, rather than the current six. insisting that it should be reserved for those with a “meaningful connection to the UK”.

Badenoch also argued that indefinite leave to remain — a crucial step towards citizenship—should be denied to individuals with criminal records or those who have claimed benefits or social housing.

“We need to make sure that people coming here have a real, meaningful connection to the UK, so no criminal records, they should be net contributors to the economy, not relying on benefits but people who care about our country and our communities”, Badenoch argued further.