Nigel Farage has welcomed polling that puts Reform ahead of the Tories (Image: Getty)
has welcomed Reform UK beating the Conservative Party in every major poll for the first time.
The leader of posted on social media that his party had pulled ahead of the in every major Westminster voting intention poll. He added: “We are just getting started.”
A Techne poll, conducted on January 29-30, puts Reform on 24%, the on 23% and Labour on 26%. Find Out Now’s poll from January 29 has Reform on 27%, the on 21% and Labour 23%.
Survation polling carried out on January 28-29 has Reform on 24%, the on 22% and Labour on 27%. Opinium’s poll carried out on January 22-24 puts Reform on 27%, the at 21% and Labour on 28%.
A YouGov poll from January 26-27 has Reform at 23%, the 22% and Labour 27% while a More in Common poll has Reform on 25%, the on 24% and Labour 25%.
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Finally, Whitestone Insight’s poll taken on January 22-23 has Reform on 24% compared to the on 20% and Labour just one percentage point ahead of Mr Farage’s party on 25%.
Zia Yusuf, who chairs Reform UK, has said previously that the latest polling confirms Reform has “all the momentum in British politics”.
Reform’s polling success comes as it holds a series of rallies across the UK in its bid to win more council seats and constituencies in the devolved nations in upcoming elections.
At a rally held in Houghton-le-Spring, near Sunderland, Mr Farage welcomed two defecting Conservative councillors to his party.
The same rally heard that people who voted remain in the referendum “shouldn’t be allowed to vote”.
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Kemi Badenoch says she is not surprised a protest party is doing well in the polls (Image: Getty)
John Elliott, a businessman who has leant his support to the party, shared a stage with Mr Farage as he made the tongue-in-cheek claim.
After asking if anyone at the rally had opposed and had now “seen the light”, Mr Elliott said: “I reckon anyone who voted remain shouldn’t be allowed to vote.
“Anybody who voted Labour in the last election… What’s their judgment like? Have they got good judgment?”
Mr Farage laughed but did not appear to take the suggestion seriously.
On Friday, Mr Farage compared Reform UK’s rise in the polls with ‘s presidential victory in the US. He told a rally in Essex: “People look at us and say ‘like Trump these people will get things done’, and believe me, we will.
Wes Streeting says Nigel Farage has a ‘declinist’ vision of Britain (Image: Getty)
“This is not just going to be an earthquake in British politics. This is going to be the biggest historical political change this country has ever seen.”
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has dismissed Reform UK as a “protest party”. She told broadcasters on Friday she was “not at all” worried about Reform’s presence in her constituency.
Asked about the polling numbers on a visit to a farm in Cheshire, Mrs Badenoch said it was “not a surprise that at the moment protest parties are gaining in the polls”.
In a sign Labour is taking the threat of Reform UK more seriously, Health Secretary Wes Streeting recently went on the attack, telling the Fabian Society in January that .
Mr Streeting said: “The populist right are coming for us and we need to be serious about beating them.”