The Green Party has moved ahead of Labour in a striking new YouGov poll, adding fresh pressure on Sir Keir Starmer as Britain’s opposition landscape fragments further.
The survey puts Reform UK in first place on 24%, with Nigel Farage’s party continuing to capitalise on voter dissatisfaction with the main parties.
The Conservatives follow on 19%, while the Green Party rises to 18%, placing it in third position and ahead of Labour for the first time in a recent poll series.
Labour has fallen to fourth place on 17%, despite a marginal one-point rise on the previous week.
The result is likely to raise questions within Labour ranks about the party’s ability to retain voters on its left flank, particularly as the Greens continue to benefit from disillusionment among progressive and younger electorates.
The Greens’ rise has been associated with a more assertive national profile under figures such as Zack Polanski, who has sought to broaden the party’s appeal beyond its traditional environmental base.
For Sir Keir Starmer, the optics of falling behind both Reform UK and the Greens will be unwelcome, even if party strategists caution that individual polling snapshots remain volatile.
Reform UK’s continued lead underscores how immigration, taxation and public services remain dominant issues in voter sentiment, with Mr Farage’s party continuing to draw support from both Conservative and disaffected Labour voters.
While polling volatility is not unusual in the current political climate, the latest figures point to an increasingly fragmented electorate in which the two-party dominance of recent decades appears under sustained pressure.
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