Tactical voting could see big Tory losses at 2023 local elections, says polling guru

Conservative losses may be ‘worse than you might expect’, says Prof John Curtice

Both Keir Starmer, left, and Ed Davey have ruled out an electoral pact (PA/Getty)

Tactical voting at the local elections this year could see even worse results than expected for the Tories, a polling expert has predicted.

Prof Sir John Curtice suggests that a trend towards “anti-Conservative” tactical voting is likely to continue in the May elections.

He said more tactical voting could be expected in the polls “because it was there in this year’s [2022] elections really for the first time for quite some time”.