Opinium/Observer - CON 45%, LAB 26%, LD 11%, UKIP 9%

Opinium have a new poll in the Observer this evening. Topline voting intention figures with changes from a week ago are CON 45%(+7), LAB 26%(-3), LDEM 11%(+4), UKIP 9%(-5).

Like the YouGov and ICM polls in the week, UKIP's vote has fallen sharply to the benefit of the Conservative party. With all three polls conducted since Theresa May's announcement showing this same pattern I think we can be confident it's a real trend. On the face of it a significant number of people who were saying they'd vote UKIP when asked about a hypothetical election appear to be saying they'd vote Conservative now there is an actual election just seven weeks away.

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