More than 80% of Conservative Party members think Liz Truss is doing a bad job – with 55% saying she should stand down as leader.
Boris Johnson is the members’ favourite to take over – beating out Rishi Sunak and Ben Wallace.
New polling from YouGov surveyed 530 Tory members today and yesterday for their opinion, a comparatively smaller sample size than opinion polls of the public at large.
Some 83% of paid-up Conservative backers think Ms Truss is doing badly – with just 15% saying she is doing well. Only 2% don’t know.
When asked if Ms Truss should resign, 55% of all those asked said yes, 38% said no, and 7% did not know.
Almost 40% of members who voted for Ms Truss in the leadership race now want her to go, the poll found.
It follows similar bad numbers from JL Partners overnight (see 6.29 am post), which found that most Truss supporters in the Tory party regret their choice.
When asked by YouGov who they want to take over as PM should Ms Truss stand aside, 32% said Boris Johnson, 23% said Rishi Sunak, 10% Ben Wallace and 9% say Penny Mordaunt.
Going forward, most Tory members – around 31% – think they alone should choose Conservative Party leaders, with no input from MPs.
Only 25% think the current system should remain, with another 25% thinking MPs alone should choose the leader.
However, if Ms Truss does stand down, six in 10 members want MPs to agree on a unity candidate and there not to be another election at the current time.