Ben Wallace surplants Liz Truss as most popular minster among Conservative grassroots

Liz Truss has been overtaken by Ben Wallace as the most popular minister among the Conservative party membership base. 

In ConservativeHome’s latest monthly poll of party figures’ popularity among the grassroots, foreign secretary Liz Truss dropped to second place for the first time since November 2020.

Wallace’s work on the ongoing Ukraine crisis, has boosted him from 62 points to 80. It was also suggested that his “mature conduct during the Afghanistan debacle” contributed to his uptick in popularity.

Truss fell from from 74 points to 67.

The prime minster Boris Johnson remains in minus figures, sitting at -17.3, following weeks of ‘Partygate’ and sleaze allegations. 

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s score of 39 points marks his lowest since ascending to the role in February 2020.