{"id":85293,"date":"2026-07-18T02:21:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T02:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/85293\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T02:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T02:21:15","slug":"reforms-lead-disappears-in-bombshell-new-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/85293\/","title":{"rendered":"Reform&#8217;s lead DISAPPEARS in bombshell new poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reform\u2019s polling lead has disappeared in a bombshell new poll released on the day Andy Burnham <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Da5MicFM0C5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">officially became Labour leader<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>For well over a year now, Reform have led every single credible poll published in British politics, something they\u2019ve been keen to remind everyone of. <\/p>\n<p>At the start of June, this streak was over 300 \u2013 but the run has come to an end. <\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelondoneconomic.com\/politics\/reform-small-boats-suella-braverman-labour-law-407860\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reform\u2019s Suella Braverman votes against new law to stop the boats<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New polling from Survation released on Friday \u2013 their final voting intention poll of Keir Starmer\u2019s premiership \u2013 has seen Labour joint-top with Nigel Farage\u2019s party, after a huge eight-point swing left both parties on 24%. <\/p>\n<p>Whilst Reform saw a three-point drop in support, Labour had a huge five-point jump compared to Survation\u2019s last polling in mid-June. <\/p>\n<p>24% is the highest polling for Labour with Survation since November 2025, and it is Reform\u2019s lowest in over a year, since just after the May 2025 local elections. <\/p>\n<p>The pollster said that Labour are on the verge of fully overtaking Reform at the top of the polls after their biggest rise in support since the 2024 general election. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is Survation&#8217;s last VI poll with Keir Starmer as Labour Leader and PM.<\/p>\n<p>Labour and Reform are now tied at 24% each \u2013 Labour&#8217;s highest polling since 20th November 2025, and Reform&#8217;s lowest since just after the May 2025 local elections.<\/p>\n<p>As Andy Burnham becomes Labour leader\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8s9AHC7lJ7\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/8s9AHC7lJ7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Survation. (@Survation) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Survation\/status\/2078108536471515349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There can be no doubt that Andy Burnham\u2019s ascension to Labour leader and soon-to-be prime minister has played a significant part in Labour\u2019s jump in support. <\/p>\n<p>But we also can\u2019t ignore the controversy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelondoneconomic.com\/opinion\/farages-by-election-gamble-exposed-reforms-biggest-weakness-its-all-about-him-407761\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">chaos that has surrounded Reform and their leader <\/a>in recent weeks, because it\u2019s just that Labour have gained support \u2013 it\u2019s also that Reform have lost it. <\/p>\n<p>From Farage\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelondoneconomic.com\/politics\/farage-given-5m-gift-after-claiming-he-would-need-at-least-1m-a-year-to-return-to-politics-407891\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dodgy donations<\/a> to Reform\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelondoneconomic.com\/news\/james-obrien-tears-into-gleeful-opportunist-farage-for-response-to-henry-nowaks-death-406674\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">unpleasant responses to national tragedies<\/a>, some eyes appear to be opening to the party\u2019s true colours. <\/p>\n<p>The concurrent rise in support for Labour and drop in support for Reform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelondoneconomic.com\/politics\/another-poll-shows-drop-in-reform-support-as-labour-and-greens-gain-407881\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has been replicated in other polls<\/a> this week, albeit to a much less dramatic extent. <\/p>\n<p>It seems that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelondoneconomic.com\/politics\/labour-jump-to-highest-vote-share-in-almost-a-year-in-yet-another-burnham-bounce-poll-407377\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Burnham bounce<\/a> shows no sign of slowing. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reform\u2019s polling lead has disappeared in a bombshell new poll released on the day Andy Burnham officially became&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[4645,31,408,5,6],"class_list":["post-85293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uk","tag-headline","tag-labour-party","tag-reform-uk","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116938596862014507","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}