CV dealers make a Major decision
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• Most truck dealers will vote Tory in today's election, but far fewer believe John Major will win the election, according to a survey by consultancy Campbell Automotive Group.
It finds that 72% of managers and dealer principals will vote Conservative, compared with 86% in the last general election. Another 20% have not yet decided.
However, only 26% think the Tories will have an outright majority, with 33% saying there will be a hung parliament and 28% that Labour Will win.
Of the 70 bosses contacted on 2-3 April, 83% say the country is still in recession.
Some 56% believe a Labour government would lead to an upturn within a year, with 45% thinking a Conservative administration would — and 53% say a hung parliament will mean recovery could take more than two years. Campbell Automotive says it polled 15% of all the UK's new truck dealers.