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NEW: More than a third of Conservative voters admit they have a negative view of Muslims, according to a new ICM poll that lays bare the scale of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism in Britain

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ICM surveyed 2,011 voters about their views on Muslims and Jews in the UK last week

The poll compares the answers of people who said they voted Conservative and Labour at the 2017 election with the public as a whole

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62% of Tory voters said they agreed with the statement that Islam threatens the British way of life

Compares with 45% of the general public and 35% of Labour voters

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55% of Tory supporters agreed that there should be a reduction in the number of Muslims entering Britain

41% of the wider public and 33% of Labour voters backed that statement

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ICM's poll found that the level of Islamophobia among Tory voters is considerably worse than the level of anti-Semitism among Labour voters

But Labour voters' answers on anti-Semitism are also shocking

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The proportion of both Labour and Conservatives voters who admitted they have a negative view of Jews as a group was 7% — exactly in line with the electorate as a whole

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20% of Labour voters agreed with the statement that Jews have a disproportionate influence in politics, compared with 15% of the wider public and 14% of Tory supporters

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29% of Labour voters said Jews are more loyal to Israel than Britain. That compares to 24% of Tory voters, which is in line with the public as a whole

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