A stunning new poll suggests that Reform UK would outperform Labour if a general election were held tomorrow.
The poll, conducted by Find Out Now, finds that the Conservatives are the most popular party with 26 percent of the vote, closely followed by Reform in second with 24 percent.
Labour, the party who won a historic landslide just five months ago, are languishing in third place with 23 pecent, a humbling outcome and the first time that a respected poll has placed them below Reform.
Reform leader Nigel Farage says that the poll shows that his party has “real momentum”, whilst MP Rupert Lowe responded by saying that “real change is coming.”
He said: “Labour on 23%, Reform on 24%, just behind the Tories. It is just a matter of time before we are leading national opinion polls.”
The poll, carried out on 2,607 GB adults on December 4, comes in a week when Reform have been rumoured to be in line for a mammoth £100 million donation from Elon Musk to transform their electoral prospects.
In this year’s general election, the newly-formed party won 4.1 million votes, resulting in five parliamentary seats.
In a quirk of the British electoral system, the Liberal Democrats won 500,000 fewer votes but gained 72 parliamentary seats.
Mr Farage attempted to play down the prospect of a huge cash injection but stopped short of ruling it out.
Speaking to the BBC Radio 4 PM programme, Mr Farage said the rumours were “complete news to me”.
He added: “I’ve heard nothing of the kind like this. Certainly it leads us into a big political debate about the funding of political parties and how we should do things.
“But I want to make it clear, whilst the money would make a massive difference to our operations as a party, it’s purely theoretical,” as he admitted he would accept the donation if it complied with current election law.
The poll provides Labour with another headache in a week when the Prime Minister has lost his first cabinet member and been forced into launching a “reset”.
Tyron Surmon from Find Out Now explained why Labour’s vote share was a third of what they achieved in July.
He said: “Labour voters are less likely to say they’ll vote. Only 84% of 2024 GE Labour voters say they would ‘definitely’ or ‘very likely’ vote if there were a general election called tomorrow, compared to 95% of Conservatives and 90% of Reform UK voters.
“Labour voters are less likely to stick with their party. Of those who say they’re planning to vote and give a valid vote choice, only 69% of 2024 GE Labour voters say they’ll vote Labour again, compared to 82% of Conservatives and 90% of Reform UK voters.”
