Burnham Leads Farage by 26 Points in UK Better-PM Ratings
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Updated · yougov.com · Jul 28
Burnham Leads Farage by 26 Points in UK Better-PM Ratings
3 articles · Updated · yougov.com · Jul 28
Summary
48% of Britons say Andy Burnham would make the better prime minister than Nigel Farage, versus 22% for the Reform UK leader, giving the new Labour premier his widest tested lead.
Against Kemi Badenoch, Burnham also leads 38% to 26%, up from a near-split 32% to 28% last month and a clear improvement on Keir Starmer’s even standing with her in May.
Burnham’s advantage stretches across all other major-party leaders, with voters preferring him to Ed Davey by 41% to 8% and to Green leader Zack Polanski by 45% to 9%.
The same polling suggests the right-of-centre contest has shifted too: Badenoch now leads Farage 41% to 17%, a 24-point gap after the pair were nearly tied last summer.
YouGov said the pattern reflects increasingly bloc-based politics, though many voters still cross camps to back more centrist figures in same-bloc matchups.