Most Conservative voters believe Kemi Badenoch won’t make a good PM, poll finds

Most Conservative Party voters do not believe that Kemi Badenoch would make a good prime minister, according to a recent poll.

Badenoch, who is the leader of the Tories, has outlined a hardline stance on immigration in recent outings.

However, as she prepares to mark 100 days since she was elected leader of the Conservative Party, a YouGov poll shows that only half of those who voted Tory at last year’s election (48 percent) believe Badenoch looks like a prospective prime minister, with 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, Lib Dem and Reform UK consider her untrustworthy.

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

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.

Born to Nigerian parents in the UK, Badenoch has proposed that immigrants should have lived in the UK for at least 15 years before being deemed eligible for a British passport.

“Britain is our home, it’s not a hotel. It’s time to tell the truth on immigration and propose real plans,” she said.

“I want to reduce immigration and make living here actually mean something. I’m announcing that the Conservative Party is going to do things differently.”