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Activists back focus on the non-voting left in new poll

MOST Labour activists think their party should focus on attracting non-voters rather than appealing to Tories, a new survey suggested yesterday.

The poll of over 2,000 people on grassroots site LabourList also revealed that the vast majority have already voted for the party’s new leader.

Research after this year’s general election suggested that Ed Miliband lost the election due to a significant proportion of those who had promised to vote Labour failing to turn out on polling day.

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