Reform Now Main Party on Right of British Politics, Poll Finds
Survation found Restore Britain on 7% in the contest, enough to split Reform UK’s vote and narrow Andy Burnham’s lead, the poll showed.
- A Survation poll for the Makerfield by-election shows Reform UK candidate Robert Kenyon polling at 40%, while Restore Britain candidate Rebecca Shepherd captures 7 per cent of the vote.
- Reform leader Nigel Farage has spent recent days attacking Restore Britain, a party led by former Reform MP Rupert Lowe, accusing Elon Musk of trying to "split the right" by supporting it.
- Labour candidate Andy Burnham polls at 43 per cent in the same survey, though analysts suggest Restore's presence poses a more serious threat to Kenyon than the Green vote does to Burnham.
- Critics argue Farage's intense focus on Lowe risks amplifying the smaller party's profile, as Reform seeks to stop Burnham from holding the seat for Labour in next month's by-election.
- This by-election represents a critical test for Reform's strategy to challenge the government, despite Restore gaining greater appeal among financially insecure voters.
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Reform now main party on right of British politics, poll finds
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A bitter row has erupted between Nigel Farage and his former colleague-turned-arch-nemesis Rupert Lowe – and it could hand Andy Burnham a path to Westminster. Days of furious public jousting on social media between the two men have laid bare the tensions on the right of UK politics ahead of the Makerfield by-election on 18 June. The seat has been held by Labour since its creation, and Burnham, the Greater Manchester Mayor, is hoping to win it as…
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