This article is a reprint of one on the Daily Mail first publish 4th February 2025. Read the whole article here

Nigel Farage‘s Reform UK party has overtaken Labour for the first time in a national opinion poll.

The YouGov survey put Mr Farage’s insurgent party on 25 percentage points, which was one ahead of Labour and four clear of the Conservatives.

In a further blow for the Tories, the poll for Sky News, taken on Sunday and Monday, also found that nearly one in four who voted Conservative in the election would now back Reform.

But in a sign that Reform is also eating into the Labour vote, the poll found that only 60 per cent of people who backed Labour in July would do so now, with 18 per cent saying they would either definitely or probably not support the party.

The poll, conducted by YouGov, showed that if a general election were held tomorrow, 25 per cent of British voters would choose Reform, 24 per cent would pick Labour, and 21 per cent would vote for the Conservatives.

Reform’s one-point lead over Labour in the poll – which surveyed 2,465 people over February 2 and 3 – is within the margin of error, YouGov said.

Celebrating the result, Mr Farage said on X: ‘BREAKING NEWS. Reform UK are now LEADING with @‌YouGov for the first time. Britain wants Reform.’ 

Labour, which won the national election in July last year by a landslide, dropped three points when compared to the last survey conducted on January 26 and 27, while Reform gained two points.