FORMER Conservative voters want Boris Johnson or David Cameron as the new leader of the party, a new opinion poll indicates.

The survey, by People Polling for GB News, asked 2,077 former Tory voters who voted Conservative in 2019 who they would prefer as the new leader.

Johnson and Cameron were tied in first place with Nigel Farage in third place.

Former Tories who voted for Reform in the General Election were agreement by far that they wanted Farage to lead the party, with Boris Johnson and Suella Braverman tied in second place.

Those who voted Liberal Democrat said they wanted Johnson, with Cameron and Tom Tugenhadt tied in second place.

Professor Matthew Goodwin who conducted the poll said: “This is a unique poll in that we are surveying people who voted Conservative in 2019 but then left the paper last week to either vote Reform, Labour, or Lib Dem.

“In the overall sample, we find the most popular candidate to tempt these voters back would be Nigel Farage, on 25%, followed by Boris Johnson, on 11%.

“This underlines just how many of these former Conservative voters are aligned with Reform policies and values. Furthermore, it underlines the scale of the challenge that is now facing the Tories.

“At the same time, the smaller number of former Conservatives who defected to Labour or the Lib Dems would prefer to see the return of Boris Johnson or former Conservative Party leader, David Cameron, who has since ruled himself out of any return to frontline politics.

“This too underlines how that unique 2019 Conservative Party coalition has blown apart.

“There is simply no easy way forward for the Conservative Party in what looks set to be a ‘make or break’ leadership election.”