Conservatives have six point lead in Ashcroft poll

THe Conservatives have a 36 to 30 per cent lead in the latest polling carried out by Lord Ashcroft, former Conservative vice chairman.

The Tories are up two points since last week and Labour are unchanged.

The Liberal Democrats are down a point at nine per cent, UKIP down two at 11 per cent, the Greens up three at seven per cent and the SNP down two at four per cent.

One notable change Lord Ashcroft points to is an increase in Labour voters who say they would prefer Ed Miliband in No.10. He says that this is explained by those Labour voters who really dislike him deciding on another party and with others deciding he has run a good campaign.

“I also suspect that some who have decided to vote Labour despite their doubts about its leader are now telling themselves that he might not be so bad after all,” Lord Ashcroft writes.