UK PM May dodges question on whether she will resign if she loses seats in election

May dodged a reporter's question on Wednesday about whether she would resign if she lost seats in a June 8 election.

In stark contrast to opinion polls that have until the past week shown May on course for a big election win, a YouGov model suggested she would lose 20 seats and her 17-seat working majority in the 650-seat British parliament.

Asked during a campaign event whether she would resign if her party lost seats, May said: "There is only one poll that matters and that is the poll that takes place on June 8."

"When it comes to that poll, people have a very clear choice and that choice is about who is going to be prime minister, about who is going to lead the UK in those Brexit negotiations, who has the plan to do that and the determination to get the best deal," she said.

YouGov model shows Conservatives 3 points ahead of Labour

YouGov's election model, which pointed to British Prime Minister Theresa May losing her majority, was based on a voting intention of 41 percent for the Conservatives and 38 percent for Labour, a difference of 3 points, the pollster said.

The model indicates Conservatives winning between 275 and 344 seats and Labour winning 227-289 seats, the company said on Wednesday.

May's Conservatives had 330 seats when the snap election was called last month.

"Obviously there are still eight days until polling day – even a small change could result in a healthy Tory majority," YouGov said in a tweet.