Voters strongly back ‘trustworthy’ May as Johnson’s leadership bid backfires

Theresa May is preferred to Boris Johnson among voters of all parties as well as among Tory voters.Theresa May is held in far higher regard by voters as a leader and a person than Boris Johnson, according to a detailed analysis conducted after the party conference season.Not only do voters from all parties, including the Conservatives, clearly prefer May to Johnson as a Tory leader, but they also see the prime minister as more decent, decisive and trustworthy than the former foreign secretary.