Andy Burnham has cemented the “bounce” which saw Labour leapfrog Nigel Farage’s Reform after more than a year, according to an exclusive poll for The i Paper, which sees his party maintain its lead in the polls and his own popularity with the voters increase.
It comes after the new Prime Minister’s summer blitz of cost-of-living help and tour around the country. However, with Parliament due to return from summer recess next week, a difficult Budget in October and a number of tricky decisions over taxation and welfare cuts, Burnham’s honeymoon with the electorate could yet be tested.
Labour on 27 per cent now has a four-point lead over Reform UK, according to the latest BMG Research survey, with the Tories in third on 18 per cent. Restore, on five per cent, are taking one in ten Reform voters, BMG says, and attracting those who don’t vote.
The i Paper‘s exclusive poll last month was among the first to reveal the Burnham ‘bounce’, giving him a five-point lead over Reform – the first time the party had been ahead of Reform in 16 months according to BMG polling.
Although this month’s polling shows a slight fall of one per cent in Labour’s share, it defies suggestions that his initial rush of support would quickly dissipate.
