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Poll: Burnham’s Favorability Falls to -11 After Stabbing Retweets

6/22/2026

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YouGov’s intensified polling recorded real-time backlash to Zack Polanski’s retweets about the Golders Green stabbing.
Andy Burnham’s net favourability is minus 11, with 30 % liking him and 41 % disliking him, down from a +9 peak two months earlier.
The drop began in mid-May after a Labour revolt that forced Wes Streeting to resign and Josh Simons to step down in Makerfield.

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YouGov’s intensified polling recorded real-time backlash to Zack Polanski’s retweets about the Golders Green stabbing.
Andy Burnham’s net favourability is minus 11, with 30 % liking him and 41 % disliking him, down from a +9 peak two months earlier.
The drop began in mid-May after a Labour revolt that forced Wes Streeting to resign and Josh Simons to step down in Makerfield.