{"id":442728,"date":"2025-09-22T07:06:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T07:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/442728\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T07:06:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T07:06:30","slug":"poll-shows-more-voters-want-starmer-to-resign-than-wanted-brexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/442728\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll shows more voters want Starmer to resign than wanted Brexit"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new poll shows that 54% of potential UK voters want Keir Starmer to resign. This is a higher percentage than those who voted for the UK to leave the European Union in 2016<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Note: the chart is correct at 54%.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Opinium (@OpiniumResearch) September 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Unpopularity contest \u2013 with Starmer winning it<\/p>\n

Opinium note the situation has significantly deteriorated for Labour since they took power. At the same time, Reform\u2019s fortunes have grown<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Reform is currently on 31% (+1 on a fortnight ago) of the vote, followed by Labour 22% (-1), the Conservatives 17% (-1), and the Liberal Democrats 12% (n\/c). When looking at voting intention among those who voted Labour in the General Election in 2024, only 67% would pick Labour again, whilst 12% would now choose Reform, 6% Liberal Democrats, 6% the Green Party, and 2% would vote for the Conservatives.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While the majority of 2024 Labour voters want Starmer to stay in position, a sizeable percentage would prefer he resign:<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udea8Latest Opinium @ObserverUK<\/a> polling\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n

A third (34%) of people who voted for Keir Starmer\u2019s Labour only last year now want the prime minister to resign and be replaced with someone else. pic.twitter.com\/l1tfAQdScy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Opinium (@OpiniumResearch) September 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Opinium added:<\/p>\n

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Keir Starmer\u2019s approval rating has suffered a further slump, dropping 2 points in the last fortnight to net -42%. This is joint with Rishi Sunak\u2019s lowest score post-\u201cD-Daygate\u201d (net -42%) and almost near Boris Johnson\u2019s net -44% after his government collapsed.<\/p>\n

Perhaps more damningly, 2024 Labour voters only just give him a net positive rating, with 39% disapproving of the job he is doing while 41% approve.<\/p>\n

Overall, just under a quarter (23%) still think Starmer would make the best Prime Minister \u2013 giving him a 9-point lead over Kemi Badenoch (13%). However, a majority (52%) now say neither leader would make the best Prime Minister.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In a 17 September Canary article, we looked at YouGov polling on approval, and found that<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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the Starmer government\u2019s approval is:<\/p>\n