The poll showed 54 percent of Tories surveyed would be willing for the Conservative Party to be destroyed if the UK would leave the European Union. The survey found that 59 percent of Tories would prefer to ditch Northern Ireland instead of remaining in the EU. And around 63 percent of the people polled said they would accept Scotland leaving the UK if it meant the delivery of Brexit.

The issue of Brexit has reignited the Scottish independence debate since the 2016 referendum which saw the majority of Scottish voters back Remain.

Responding to the poll, SNP deputy leader Keith Brown said to the Scotsman: “With this poll suggesting that almost a quarter of Tory members in Scotland would prefer to deliver Brexit for their membership down south even if it means an end to the Union it’s becoming clearer that Ruth Davidson has little authority in her party in Scotland.

“This poll is an utter disaster for her and shows that her authority is seeping away at an incredible rate, leaving her increasingly isolated.”

However, just over half of Tory party members said they would rather Brexit did not go through if it meant Jeremy Corbyn becomes Prime Minister.

Almost half of the party members in the poll, 46 percent, said they would be happy for Nigel Farage to become the next Tory party leader.

YouGov polled 892 Conservative Party Members between June 11 and June 14.

YouGov’s Matthew Smith said: “Conservative members are not just ideologically committed to Brexit – they also genuinely believe that the failure to deliver on the result of the 2016 referendum will bring about the destruction of the party’s electoral chances.

“Indeed, half [51 per cent ] of members believe that Britain ending up staying in the EU after all would damage the party to the extent that it will never lead a government again, and another 29 per cent think it would put the party out of power for multiple elections to come.

“By contrast, most members believe that successfully bringing about Brexit will win the Tories at least the next election.”

Dominic Raab was the latest MP to be knocked out of the Conservative leadership race after he failed to secure enough votes to get through to the third round.

Boris Johnson received 126 votes and is the clear frontrunner ahead of Jeremy Hunt, Michael Gove, Sajid Javid and Rory Stewart.

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