Greens surge into the lead amongst younger voters in recent ballot distress for Labour and Keir Starmer

Young voters are abandoning Labour in favour of the Green Party in fresh woe for Sir Keir Starmer, a new poll has suggested.

A Savanta survey for ITV‘s Peston programme found that support for Labour among 18 to 25-year-olds has collapsed in recent months. 

It showed that only a quarter (25 per cent) of young voters now backed Sir Keir’s party, which was down from 43 per cent in March.

Over the same period, the Greens surged to become the most popular party among 18 to 25-year-olds with their support rising to 32 per cent from 16 per cent in March.

Reform UK was also shown to have grown its support among young voters, with 20 per cent now backing Nigel Farage‘s party – up from 12 per cent in March.

The Greens elected self-described ‘eco-populist’ Zack Polanski as their new leader in September and have since enjoyed a surge in their membership numbers.

The Savanta poll of 1,005 18 to 25-year-olds reflected a similar trend among voters of all ages.

A recent Find Out Now survey found the Greens were now the second-best supported party in the country, behind Reform.

Young voters are abandoning Labour in favour of the Green Party in fresh woe for Sir Keir Starmer, a new poll has suggested

A Savanta survey for ITV ‘s Peston programme found that only a quarter (25 per cent) of young voters now backed Sir Keir’s party, which was down from 43 per cent in March

The Greens elected self-described ‘eco-populist’ Zack Polanski as their new leader in September and have since enjoyed a surge in their membership numbers

Last week’s Find Out Now poll, which interviewed 2,717 Britons on their voting intention, placed Reform at 33 per cent and the Greens at 18 per cent.

It also showed the Conservative Party at 16 per cent and Labour at 15 per cent support.

At the weekend, Mr Polanksi ruled out making a deal with Labour in order to defeat Reform while they are led by Sir Keir.

The Greens’ recent rise in the polls under Mr Polanski has sparked speculation about Britain’s Left-wing parties co-operating to stop Mr Farage entering Downing Street.

But Mr Polanski said he would not be willing to work with Labour while Sir Keir is leader of the party.

He even cast doubt on whether the Prime Minister would still be an MP in the House of Commons at the time of the next general election.

Asked about a potential deal between the Greens and Labour, Mr Polanski told Sky News on Sunday: ‘I don’t think I’m alone in my disillusionment.

‘And in fact, a poll out yesterday showed the majority of the population have completely lost trust in Keir Starmer.

‘Now, this is a man who ran on the coattails of Jeremy Corbyn but ditched every single pledge before he was even in power.

‘We’ve got the two-child benefit cap, disability cuts, the genocide in Gaza. No, Keir Starmer is not a man I would be willing to work with.’

But Mr Polanski did leave open the door to the Greens co-operating with Labour under a different leader as he suggested Sir Keir could soon be gone.

‘In a recent poll, just yesterday or the day before, Greens are actually outpolling the Labour Party; we’re three points ahead,’ he added.

‘So the real question you should be asking Keir Starmer is will he stand aside to make sure that Nigel Farage isn’t prime minister?

‘But more widely, I was answering about Keir Starmer. I don’t think Keir Starmer will be the prime minister at the next election.

‘I think it’s another question whether he’ll even be an MP and so will I work with a future Labour leader? Depends who the future Labour leader is.’