The YouGov MRP Mega poll suggests that Mr Tugendhat’s nearest rival will be the Liberal Democrat candidate Richard Morris, who will take 18 per cent of the vote.
Labour’s Dylan Jones is set to receive 14 per cent, while the Green Party candidate April Jones could pick up five per cent.
There is no Brexit Party candidate after Stephen Peddie decided to step down because he did not agree with his leader Nigel Farage’s policy to leave the EU without a deal.
The four contenders will take part in the Hustings evening at Tonbridge Baptist Church on Darenth Avenue tomorrow [Thursday] from 7.30-9.30pm.
They will answer ‘a broad range of questions’ submitted previously by the public and chosen at random. Entry is free and all are welcome to attend.
The YouGov prediction means that Mr Tugendhat will see his support fall by just one per cent from the 64 per cent share of the vote he won in 2017.
Mr Jones, who also ran for the seat two years ago, would see his support decrease by eight per cent on two years ago, while the LibDems would be boosted by an 11 per cent upswing.
The Greens, who won two seats on the borough council in the local elections in May, would see a rise of just one per cent on their previous campaign.
In Tunbridge Wells Greg Clark is expected to retain his seat with 51 per THE Conservative candidate for Tonbridge & Malling, Tom Tugendhat, will be returned as MP with 63 per cent of the vote, according to an influential poll taken ahead of the General Election on December 12.
The YouGov MRP Mega poll suggests that Mr Tugendhat’s nearest rival will be the Liberal Democrat candidate Richard Morris, who will take 18 per cent of the vote.
Labour’s Dylan Jones is set to receive 14 per cent, while the Green Party candidate April Jones could pick up five per cent.
There is no Brexit Party candidate after Stephen Peddie decided to step down because he did not agree with his leader Nigel Farage’s policy to leave the EU without a deal.
The four contenders will take part in the Hustings evening at Tonbridge Baptist Church on Darenth Avenue tomorrow [Thursday] from 7.30-9.30pm.
They will answer ‘a broad range of questions’ submitted previously by the public and chosen at random. Entry is free and all are welcome to attend.
The YouGov prediction means that Mr Tugendhat will see his support fall by just one per cent from the 64 per cent share of the vote he won in 2017.
Mr Jones, who also ran for the seat two years ago, would see his support decrease by eight per cent on two years ago, while the LibDems would be boosted by an 11 per cent upswing.
The Greens, who won two seats on the borough council in the local elections in May, would see a rise of just one per cent on their previous campaign.
In the country as a whole, YouGov says Boris Johnson is heading for a majority of 68. The Tories will win 359 seats, with Labour down to 211, the SNP 43 and the Lib Dems 13.
YouGov was the only pollster to forecast a hung Parliament two years ago. Its latest results are based on more than 100,000 interviews conducted over seven days.
ALTERED IMAGES: TOM TUGENDHAT’S POSTERS CONTINUE TO BE DEFACED
The electorate of Leybourne have once again been showing their imagination when it comes to the identity of their prospective local MP. In the General Election two years ago the villagers literally defaced Tom Tugendhat’s giant campaign poster on Castle Way, giving him a variety of alternative personalities. Mr Tugendhat tweeted last week: “Last election I ran as Tom Selkirk [sic], Mr T, Mrs T(hatcher),
and any number of others thanks to friends in Leybourne. Well, the sign’s up… your call!!” Since then he has been replaced by two knights in Sir Bruce Forsyth and Sir Elton John, a king, Elvis Presley, and a space ranger, Buzz Lightyear of Toy Story. Other incarnations have portrayed him as Peter Griffin in the cartoon Family Guy, and former footballer turned I’m a Celebrity… contender Ian Wright. Just yesterday (Tuesday) Mr Tugendhat’s official poster in Leybourne was altered. This time it was Dame Judi Dench’s face which was put up in place of the Conservative candidate for Tonbridge & Malling.
