If Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts is planning to bump B.C. Conservative leader John Cummins out of his job, nobody has bothered to tell her about it - or Cummins, for that matter.

Asked about a rumour that she's seeking Cummins' job, Watts responded with laughter.

"I haven't even given it any thought," she said Tuesday. "If there's not a rumour started by 10 o'clock, better start one," she laughed.

The rumour was news to Cummins, too.

"I hadn't heard the leadership is up for grabs," he said Tuesday.

"As far as I know, there's no movement afoot to replace me."

A recent Angus Reid poll indicates that while the B.C. Conservative Party has gained some ground (up one per cent, to 19 per cent) in popularity, Cummins' popularity had dropped by a point.

According to the poll, NDP leader Adrian Dix enjoys 26 per cent of the vote in the "preferred premier" category, up seven per cent since November, while Liberal Premier Christy Clark has dropped three points to 22 per cent, Cummins dropped one point to eight per cent, and Green Party Leader gained one point, to three per cent.

The polling company interviewed 800 British Columbian men and women between Jan. 27 to 29.

The poll results have a margin error of plus/minus 3.5 per cent.

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