Polling from research specialist ComRes suggests that in the 40 most marginal constituencies between Conservative and Labour – the UK’s two biggest parties –four times as many people would be put off by an anti-onshore wind stance than would back it.

Overall, 30% of Britons said they would be less likely to vote for a party that opposes deployment of more onshore wind, against 15% who would be more inclined to do so.

The