Greens neck and neck with Labour, new poll shows
A new poll has shown the Green Party is now neck-and-neck with Labor as it surges in the polls following the election of Zack Polanski; but both lag behind Reform UK.
A new poll conducted by FindOutNow has shown Nigel Farage’s party on 32 points, down two points from this time last month. The Conservatives are on 16 points, having seen no change since last month.
The Labor Party and the Greens follow closely behind; Labour’s approval rating fell by one point, while the Greens rose by three points in Polanski’s first month as party leader.
The poll comes weeks after Mr. Polanski said: Independent He has had numerous discussions with Labor MPs about defecting to his party as they become increasingly dissatisfied with the government’s direction.
He said the number of Labor MPs he has spoken to who are dissatisfied with the party was in “double figures”, adding that the Greens would “absolutely” welcome disillusioned MPs, as long as they share the party’s values.
The poll of 2,705 adults on October 15 put the Liberal Democrats at 12 points, down one point from this time last month.
The disastrous vote for Labor comes at a time when questions are mounting about Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership of the party; voters increasingly felt that he was failing to solve the problems facing the country.
While the Prime Minister appeared to have delivered a strong performance at his party’s conference in September, campaigning against Reform Britain and accusing Nigel Farage of pursuing divisive and racist policies, he appears to have done little to improve his standing in the polls.
Kemi Badenoch was also seen delivering a strong performance at her party’s conference after using her main stage speech to announce plans to scrap stamp duty on main homes; but like Sir Keir, he has not seen any rise in the polls.
Polanski, who was elected leader of the Green Party in a landslide victory in September, has vowed to impose a wealth tax on the richest 1 per cent, end arms sales and intelligence sharing with Israel and push for public ownership of Britain’s public services and utilities.
Responding to the poll, he said: “When I was elected I said and I meant it that we were not here to disappoint Labor, we were here to replace them.
“Our membership numbers are increasing; we have over 115,000 members, a 70 percent increase compared to last month.
“We’re about to overtake the Conservatives in membership and pay attention to this area, we’re about to overtake Labor in the polls. British politics is changing, the Greens are giving Britain hope again.”
Reform’s strong performance comes just weeks after a major seat-by-seat poll put Mr Farage on track to become Britain’s next prime minister; This showed his party was close to enough support to form a majority government if elections were held today.
The multilevel regression and post-stratification survey (MRP), YouGov’s second survey since the election, suggested that Reform would increase MPs from just five to 311, making it the largest party in the hung parliament and just 15 seats short of the 326 needed for an outright majority.
And it showed Labor would lose 267 of the seats it won in 2024, leaving the party with just 144 MPs. This is lower than the 178 MPs YouGov predicted he would win in the last MRP poll.
