If current national opinion polling is reflective of voter behaviour on 8 June the vast majority of these Tory candidates are likely to become MPs and therefore further shift the balance of parliament away from its historic majority in favour of remaining in the EU. ![]() In a further 23 cases, InFacts was unable to identify the view of the candidate at the time of the referendum, but in a clear 62% of the cases where it could identify candidates’ views, the Tory was pro-leave. ![]() Researchers at InFacts, a group that campaigns against a “destructive” Brexit, studied a dozen new candidates selected to fight in seats where an existing Tory is standing down, together with those in the 50 closest marginals targeted by the party.Īn estimated 59% of previously elected Tory MPs favoured remaining in the EU during the referendum campaign, but only 24%, or 15, of this new crop were similarly found to have backed remain in 2016.
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