The government’s sewage policy will impact how 56% of people vote, reveals a new poll by Survation.
The polling of 6,000 adults found the figures rose to 66% among those who voted Labour at the 2019 election, and dipped to 51% among Conservative voters, as reported by the Times.
38 Degrees campaigns director Siobhan Harley said: “this polling makes the political cost of the fouling of Britain’s rivers and seas clear.”
The poll follows a series of sewage fiascos over the summer.
Most recently, new data highlighted that Thames, Wessex and Southern Water had illegally discharged sewage for over 3,000 hours last year, including on days when it was not raining.
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Nationally, 35% of people said water quality had worsened in the past year, with the highest regional levels at 44% in the south east of England and 38 per cent in both the south west and east.
The Times also reported that Southern Water, Anglia Water and South West Water, which cover those areas, only managed 2 out of 4 stars in official environment scorecards for last year.
The polling aksi found that 25% of people had been personally affected by sewage spills or had witnessed them over the past year.
