Half of Labour voters ‘haven’t heard of’ John McDonnell

Don't worry, he's only the shadow chancellor of the exchequer

47 per cent of Labour voters say they 'have not heard of' shadow chancellor of the exchequer John McDonnell. A YouGov poll for The Times revealed that many of the party's voters do not recognise the names of their senior politicians. 46 per cent said they have not heard of Tom Watson, 56 per cent responded had the same response to Keir Starmer, 48 per cent to Shami Chakrabarti and 80 per cent to Barry Gardiner. The same percentage of voters said they had heard of McDonnell as hadn't - 47 per cent. In fact, a higher proportion of Lib Dems recognise the shadow chancellor's name than Labour voters (69 per cent). A trend consistent across most members of the shadow cabinet. 3 per cent of young voters (aged 18-24) said they had not heard of Jeremy Corbyn. These are the percentages of voting age adults, not just the Labour party, who responded "I have not heard of them" to each politician:

• Barry Gardiner = 87%
• Angela Rayner = 66%
• Keir Starmer = 58%
• John McDonnell = 50%
• Tom Watson = 49%
• Emily Thornberry = 49%
• Shami Chakrabarti = 47%

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