Poll shows UK PM Sunak narrowly won first head to head UK election debate

Updated: 2024-06-05 06:46

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Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer debates with Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, as ITV hosts the first head-to-head debate of the general election, in Manchester, Britain on June 4 in this handout image. [Photo/Agencies]

LONDON - British Prime Minister and Conservative Party Leader Rishi Sunak won the first televised election debate by a wafer thin margin, a YouGov snap poll for Sky News showed on Tuesday.

The poll showed 51% thought Sunak performed better, compared to 49% for his Labour Party rival Keir Starmer.

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