Elections 10 August 2015 A new poll shows Jeremy Corbyn winning on the first round A second YouGov poll has found Jeremy Corbyn in an even bigger lead. Jeremy Corbyn reacts to tonight's poll. Photo: Getty Images Sign UpGet the New Statesman's Morning Call email. Sign-up A second successive YouGov poll has put Jeremy Corbyn into an even bigger lead than the first - he now wins on the first round, with 53 per cent of the vote. Andy Burnham is a distant second with 21 per cent of the vote. Yvette Cooper is third with 18 per cent. Liz Kendall has eight per cent. The poll will be a boost to the morale of the Corbyn campaign as it enters the final months, although sources from rival campaigns claimed that their phonebank data showed a much closer fight than indicated by the poll. However, Peter Kellner, YouGov's president, says that he would "personally be astonished" if Corbyn does not go on to win. A second poll for the deputy leadership shows Tom Watson on course to win in that contest, albeit by a narrower margin than Corbyn's blow-out. Now read Stephen Bush on why he's more convinced than ever that Jeremy Corbyn will win › Proms 2015: How I learned to stop worrying and love Eric Whitacre Stephen Bush is political editor of the New Statesman. His daily briefing, Morning Call, provides a quick and essential guide to domestic and global politics.
