Conservative voters backed their withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by a two-to-one majority, according to an exclusive poll by The Telegraph.
A survey of 2,760 adults found that 43% of Tories voted in favor of leaving the ECHR, compared with 22% after European human rights judges delayed the first flight to take migrants to Rwanda. The others did not decide or did not know.
The poll by Election Calculation and Find Out Now revealed deep divisions over asylum policy in Rwanda, largely through the party and Brexit, with only 4% of Labor voters supporting the withdrawal from the ECHR and 65% opposing it.
Findings based on 589 Tory voters and 434 Labor supporters show not only the extent to which Conservative control of immigration is a major issue, but also the extent to which politics is a potential winner in the Red Wall.
A day after the European Court of Human Rights intervened to block the flights, a WhatsApp group lit up with demands from Tory MPs on the Red Wall, such as Jonathan Gallis, Brendan Clark-Smith and Alex Stafford, for the government to leave the convention.
Nearly two-thirds of Tory voters, 62 percent, supported the policy of sending migrants to Rwanda to seek asylum, compared to eight percent of Labor. The population as a whole is divided, with 32% in favor and 31% against.
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