Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform UK Party is now the most popular political party in the United Kingdom, a new poll suggests, beating the Conservative Party and the governing Labour Party.
The poll, published on Monday and conducted by YouGov for The Times newspaper, showed Reform – which promises to “freeze immigration” to the UK – taking the lead for the first time in a major public opinion survey.
According to the poll, if a general election were held tomorrow, 25 percent of voters would choose Reform, 24 percent would pick Labour and 21 percent would vote for the Conservatives.
Reform’s one-point lead over Labour in the poll – which surveyed 2,465 people on February 2 and 3 – is within the margin of error, YouGov said.
Labour, which won the national election in July last year by a landslide, dropped three points compared with the last survey conducted on January 26-27, while Reform gained two points.
The Conservative Party, which dominated British politics for more than 14 years until performing poorly in last year’s elections, also dropped one point.
Reform UK appears to be drawing support from former members of the Conservative Party, which endured several scandals in recent years.
In December, Farage described Reform as the “real opposition” after the party said it overtook the Conservatives in the number of members.