Greens overtake Labour in opinion poll for first time

Party is now supported by 17 per cent of voters putting them second behind only Reform, survey says Daily Telegraph 31/10/25 link

The Green Party has overtaken Labour in an opinion poll for the first time. The group, led by the recently elected Zack Polanski, is second behind Reform UK in the survey of voters’ intentions by Find Out Now. The Greens are on 17 per cent, up two points on the firm’s last study, and ahead of Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour and the Conservatives, who are tied on 16 per cent. The Tories dropped one point and the Liberal Democrats remained on 12 per cent. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party is leading in the poll on 32 per cent. The survey of 3,065 adults was carried out on Oct 29. Reacting to the survey Mr Polanski posted a message on social media saying: “We’re just getting started. Time to lower bills. And tax billionaires.” He included a link to join the party, adding: “If you want to see the Green Party take on Reform, this is the moment.” This week, the Greens also announced its membership had passed 150,000. Result adds to Labour woes Labour’s standing in the survey follows the party’s lowest ever poll rating with YouGov earlier this week. That poll saw Sir Keir Starmer’s party falling to 17 per cent of the vote, 10 percentage points behind Reform and one point ahead of the Greens. Mr Polanski, a self-professed “eco-populist” elected as the Greens’ leader last month, is a former hypnotherapist who claimed women could increase their breast size with their minds. He won the ballot of party members after seeing off a joint leadership bid from Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns. Earlier this week, he defended his party’s proposals for a wealth tax. Speaking on BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Mr Polanski said: “Whatever you’re going to create from a wealth tax, it’s ultimately about reducing inequality. “This isn’t about creating public investment. We can do that anyway, we don’t need to tax the wealthy to do that. This is ultimately about tackling the deep inequality in our society.” In the party’s manifesto last year it proposed an annual tax of 1 per cent on assets above £10m and 2 per cent on assets above £1bn.