BC Conservatives Lead NDP With 5 Percent Bump in Poll Since Findlay Elected as Leader

The B.C. Tories are slightly ahead of the province’s governing NDP in a poll conducted since Kerry-Lynne Findlay became leader of the party.

The party now sits at 45 five percent support among decided voters compared to the NDP’s 41 percent, according to a Leger poll conducted June 1 and 2.

A previous poll by Leger conducted in early April had the BC Conservatives at 40 percent, suggesting the party gained five percentage points since.

“Kerry-Lynne Findlay’s leadership is also beginning to shape perceptions of the BC Conservatives, though many British Columbians are still getting to know her,” Leger noted in a June 5 statement on the latest poll. “Awareness of the leadership change is high, but familiarity with Findlay remains limited, leaving room for opinions to shift as she becomes more visible.”

The new poll also notes that the NDP has fallen seven points from its peak in October 2025, while the Conservatives are up seven percentage points.

Just 26 percent of respondents were familiar with Findlay, yet in a hypothetical leadership contest with Premier David Eby, she received 27 percent support, compared with Eby’s 30 percent. B.C. Green Party Leader Emily Lowan drew 6 percent support. Another 13 percent said they preferred none of the party leaders, while 19 percent were unsure.

Among poll respondents, 18 percent said the selection of Findlay as party leader makes them more inclined to consider voting Conservative, while 19 percent said it makes them less likely. Among respondents who currently support the NDP, 9 percent said Findlay’s election as Conservative leader makes them more likely to vote Conservative, while another 10 percent said they would consider switching their support to the Conservatives because of her leadership.

“BC Conservative vote consideration appears more party-driven than leader-driven,” Leger said in the release.

Leger noted that 34 percent of respondents said they would vote BC Conservative, with most citing support for the party rather than its leader. Seven percent attributed their support mainly to Findlay. Another 10 percent said her leadership made them less inclined to vote Conservative, while 34 percent said they would not support the party under any leader.

The new poll also finds that housing affordability remains the top concern for British Columbians at 31 percent, followed by health care at 29 percent, and the economy at 24 percent.

Findlay, a former federal Conservative MP and cabinet minister, was voted in as party leader on May 30 on the fourth ballot. In her campaign she backed the repeal of B.C.’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), along with cutting taxes and red tape, expanding natural resource development, improving public safety, safeguarding parental rights, and defending individual rights and free speech.

“I see people who believe that B.C. can still be a beacon of opportunity, functional, safe, affordable, and family-friendly,” Findlay said in her May 30 victory speech in Vancouver. “What am I fighting for? I’m fighting for nothing less than the future of British Columbia; our way of life.”