Farage projected to win hundreds of Tory seats

Polling expert Lord Hayward has said that Nigel Farage could be set to win hundreds of Tory seats which will be a major blow for the Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch.

Lord Hayward said that Reform UK could win between 400 and 450 seats during the local elections, Badenoch has previously admitted it will be a “difficult” period.

Lord Hayward has predicted that Labour will see little change, he told The Telegraph, “They will make some gains from the Conservatives but there will be losses to Reform and others.

“They will fail to take seats in the Midlands and the North that they should have won.”

Speaking about the Liberal Democrats Lord Hayward said, “In the South and West it will be predominantly the Conservatives versus the Liberal Democrats, while Labour versus Reform will be fighting it out for dominance in the East Midlands and the North.

“The dividing line will, in essence, be a line from the Wash to the Severn.”