Reform UK has pulled ahead of both Labour and the Conservatives to top a national poll alone for the first time ever.
Fresh data from pollsters at Find Out Now has placed Nigel Farage’s party three points clear of the Tories – while Labour has slipped to a distant third.
Some 26 per cent of Britons would now vote for Reform if a General Election were called tomorrow, the data says – with 23 per cent opting for Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives, and 22 for Labour.
In a defiant statement quashing calls for a pact between Reform UK and the Tories, the former’s chairman Zia Yusuf said on social media: “No pacts, no deals. Reform is headed for Government.”
Some 26 per cent of Britons would now vote for Reform if a General Election were called tomorrow
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While leader Nigel Farage said: “Reform LEADS for the first time in a national opinion poll. This is just the beginning.”
And Reform’s Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe added: “Reform now in the clear, leading a national opinion poll.
“I am more confident than ever that we will outright win the next general election – it is going to happen. It cannot come soon enough.”
But the Tories have poured cold water on the figures – a spokesman for Kemi Badenoch told GB News: “Polls go up and down and change every week.
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“We’re focused on what matters – the damage Labour is doing to the economy, our schools and our international standing.”
And Labour has accused the two right-wing parties of “fighting among themselves”.
A Labour source said: “The Labour Government is getting on with delivering the Plan for Change. We’ve been clear from the outset that means taking the tough decisions needed to undo 14 years of Tory chaos and decline.
“While the opposition fight among themselves, the Labour Government is putting in the hard yards to deliver much-needed growth, create more jobs, make people better off by putting more money in people’s pockets, rebuild Britain and get our NHS back on its feet.”
It comes just weeks after Find Out Now placed Reform UK neck-and-neck with Labour – the first time Nigel Farage’s party had topped a national poll.
Before the new polling emerged, Tory peer Lord Frost had warned that his party would have to come to some sort of arrangement with Reform
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Back then, Refom and Labour jointly led with a 25 per cent vote share each, with the Conservatives left with 20 per cent.
But after a fortnight of gloomy headlines for the Labour Government, voters appear to be turning away.
Reform UK has gained one percentage point, the Tories three, and the Liberal Democrats one – all while Labour has sunk by three per cent.
Before the new polling emerged, Tory peer Lord Frost had warned that his party would have to come to some sort of arrangement with Reform if neither can come out on top.
And he looks to be vindicated by the data – running the Find Out Now results through an Electoral Calculus projection would see Reform take 170 seats, the Tories 165 and Labour 179, raising the prospect of a Reform-Tory coalition Government.