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Reform UK Disliked as Greens Surge in By-Election

3/5/2026

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Reform UK's Decline

Reform UK is the most disliked party in Britain, with 38% of voters wanting to block it, up nine points since November.
Reform UK candidate Matt Goodwin secured 28% in the Gorton and Denton by-election, but lost to Greens' Hannah Spencer at 40.7%.
Polling shows the Greens at 21%, overtaking Labour at 16%.
Keir Starmer criticized Reform for promoting "toxic division" and acknowledged the challenge from both far-right and far-left extremes.

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Reform UK’s Racial Bias

A Hope Not Hate poll shows that 54% of Reform UK members support removing or encouraging non-white British citizens born abroad to leave.
Twenty-two percent support this view for non-white citizens with UK-born parents.
The findings indicate racial bias in Reform UK immigration views.
Sixty-one percent of Reform UK members hold a positive view of far-right activist Tommy Robinson.
The report warns this trend could push the party further right.

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Reform UK's Decline

Reform UK is the most disliked party in Britain, with 38% of voters wanting to block it, up nine points since November.
Reform UK candidate Matt Goodwin secured 28% in the Gorton and Denton by-election, but lost to Greens' Hannah Spencer at 40.7%.
Polling shows the Greens at 21%, overtaking Labour at 16%.
Keir Starmer criticized Reform for promoting "toxic division" and acknowledged the challenge from both far-right and far-left extremes.

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