Labour Lost Almost 4 Times As Many Voters To Greens Than To Reform In Local Elections, Poll Finds |
Labour Lost Almost 4 Times As Many Voters To Greens Than To Reform In Local Elections, Poll Finds
Fewer than half of Labour's 2024 voters stayed loyal.
Political Correspondent
Labour lost almost four times as many voters to the Green Party than to Reform UK during the local elections, according to a respected pollster.
Voters brutally punished Keir Starmer’s party when voting for more than 5,000 council seats in England on May 7.
Reform picked up more than 1,450 council seats in the major elections, particularly in former Labour strongholds.
Starmer’s party lost more than 1,460 seats across the country, a catastrophic defeat which triggered calls for the prime minister to step down so Labour can fight Reform under a new leader.
However, YouGov has found 22% of........