UK poll shows right-wing Reform in close second behind Labour Party

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage speaks, during a conference in Chester, Britain January 11, 2025. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform UK is Britain's second most popular political party and sits just one percentage point behind the governing Labour Party, according to an opinion poll on Tuesday

Six months after Labour's landslide election victory, and with another vote not due until 2029, YouGov polling showed that if a general election were held tomorrow 26% of British voters would choose Labour and 25% would vote Reform UK. The Conservatives were on 22%.