LONDON — The Greens polled ahead of Keir Starmer’s governing Labour Party, in data that will deepen grumbling about the British prime minister’s leadership.
The latest voting intention study from YouGov puts the Greens on 21 percent. They rank second only to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, on 23 percent. Starmer’s Labour Party is now neck-and-neck with the center-right Conservatives in joint third place, on 16 percent.
It is the highest the Greens have ever polled for YouGov, and it is the first time they’ve appeared in second place.
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A quarter (25 percent) of those surveyed who backed the Labour Party in the 2024 general election said they will now back the Greens. A third (37 percent) said they would continue to support the governing party.
