Britain’s Greens set a YouGov poll record, overtaking Labor for the first time. The party’s success in the by-elections is also driven by leader Zack Polansky.
The British Greens have overtaken Keir Starmer’s ruling Labor Party in a YouGov poll. The poll results show that the Greens are trailing with 21 percent behind Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK party, which won 23 percent. Labor and conservatives share the third place with 16 percent, writes TASR according to the Politico website.
- The Reform UK party leads the YouGov poll with the support of twenty-three percent of voters.
- The Greens achieved a record twenty-one percent of voter support in the YouGov survey.
- In the YouGov survey, Labor and the Conservatives each have sixteen percent.
- A quarter of former Labor voters from 2024 now support the Greens.
- In the Politico poll, Reform UK leads with twenty-six percent of support.
This is the highest ever support for the Greens in a YouGov poll and the first time they have appeared in second place. Analysts attribute this to the electoral success of their candidate Hannah Spencer in the parliamentary by-election in the long-held Labor constituency of Gorton and Denton within Greater Manchester.
Shift of voters to the Greens
A quarter (25 per cent) of voters who voted Labor in 2024 now say they will support the Greens. More than a third (37 percent) will continue to support the ruling party.
The survey was conducted in Great Britain on Sunday and Monday on a sample of 2,073 respondents. According to him, the Greens are the most popular political party in all age categories under 50. According to analysts, this success is mainly due to the politics of party chairman Zack Polanski, who took over the leadership of this left-wing party last September.
Comparison with other surveys
According to a poll by POLITICO, which collects data from several sources, the Reform UK party has the support of 26 percent of voters, the Conservatives 17 percent, Labor 16 percent and the Greens 15 percent.
