Reform UK recorded its strongest poll result in history yesterday as the party narrowed the gap to the top to one percentage point.
Nigel Farage’s party polled a whopping 25 per cent, two points ahead of Kemi Badenoch’s third placed Conservatives on 23 per cent.
Labour’s lead shrunk to one point as voters abandon Keir Starmer for a series of unpopular decisions including raising taxes by £40billion, stripping pensioners of winter fuel payments and slapping farmers with death duties.
GB News has dug into the data behind the poll, analysing the regional projected vote share for each party.
It revealed Reform UK had polled the most support in four UK regions. They were the West Midlands, South East England (both outright), Wales, and Yorkshire and The Humber (both joint first with Labour).
Explore Reform’s varying levels of support across Britain
Poll shows Reform as biggest party in four UK regions
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The West Midlands recorded the strongest backing for right wing parties with Reform on 33 per cent, the Tories second with 29 per cent and Labour far behind in third with 19 per cent.
Reform’s weakest region was Scotland where the populist party only polled 16 per cent of the vote behind the SNP’s 34 per cent and Labour’s 23 per cent. Northern Ireland data was not available.
This comes as voters continue to punish Labour at the ballot box since the General Election.
Labour has suffered a net loss of 25 seats since then with the Conservatives up 23 seats and Reform up six.
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Council By-Election Results Since GE 2024
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Last night Nigel Farage’s party cruised to victory in the Blackbrook (St Helens) council by-election, with Reform candidate Vic Floyd attracting 41.1 per cent of the vote.
Another victory is expected by many in Stock (Essex) where Reform fans are keenly waiting for the result this morning.
In what will be a relief for Labour, this is the last batch of council by-elections until the new year.
The next major batch of elections are due in May 2025 with 21 county councils, nine unitary councils, one metropolitan borough council and Isle of Scilly and City of London councils up for grabs.
Find Out Now asked 4,694 respondents- representative for gender, age, region and 2024 General Election- ‘If there was an election tomorrow, who would you vote for?’
This poll was initiated solely by Find Out Now and not funded by any third party.
It is worth remembering the Find Out Now poll is something of an outlier and that polls often reflect the mood of the nation on a particular day. They do not predict the future.
