>Labour’s vote share since winning power has continued its dramatic slide to less than 30 per cent after voters aged 55 and over abandoned Keir Starmer’s party, new polling has revealed.
>The Techne UK weekly tracker poll for The Independent has registered support for Labour falling to 29 per cent down five points from the election and two points below last week.
>But with the Tories still undecided on a new leader, they failed to capitalise on Labour’s loss of popularity with a gain of just one point from last week to 24 per cent. Meanwhile Nigel Farage’s Reform UK were also up one to 19 per cent.
>The Lib Dems stayed the same on 12 per cent while the Greens were unchanged on 7 per cent.
>Labour’s losses came after another chaotic week which saw Keir Starmer sack his chief of staff Sue Gray and replace her with the controversial Morgan McSweeney. His government though has still been dogged by rows over freebies and now concerns are rising over dramatic tax rises with reports capital gains tax could be hiked to 39 per cent.
>But Labour’s biggest problem appears to be with older voters with anger continuing to increase over the decision to cancel winter fuel payments for 10 million pensioners as the days get colder.
>For the first time since the election Labour trails the Tories in both the 55 to 64 age group category and the 65 and over category. In an even more concerning development Starmer’s party also trails Reform UK in both categories.
>Excluding undecideds Labour has 23 per cent 55 to 64 compared to the Tories’ 26 per cent and Reform’s 25 per cent. Among 65-and-overs, Labour has just 22 per cent to the Tories’ 29 per cent and Reform’s 24 per cent.
>In less than 100 days Labour has also lost more than a quarter of its vote from the last election with 27 per cent of those who said they voted for Starmer’s party in July now saying they would not do it again.
>Techne UK’s chief executive Michela Morizzo said that the only reason that Labour would hang on in this scenario is because the vote on the right of politics is still split between the Tories and Reform.
>She said: “Things continue to go badly for the Labour government. Sir Keir Starmer’s party drop a further two points in national vote share this week, recording now just 29 per cent. This sub 30 per cent vote share for Labour is the lowest share we have recorded for the Labour Party since February 2022.
>“If the right was united – which of course it is not – they would poll together in excess of 40 per cent of national vote share, far exceeding Labour. It will be very interesting to see how the consensus willl shift once the new Conservative leader is elected and the party starts to move on with a new vision looking to the next general election.”
essex-not-me on
You ain’t seen nothing yet as they say. Wait till he reaches to the bottom of voters pockets to fund that train drivers pay rise.
pissflapgrease on
Not getting a bunch of hand outs so they throw a wobbler, typical.
Careless_Main3 on
I don’t care what anyone says, this is the best timeline. The establishment needs to come to terms with how incredibly unpopular they are.
RichmondOfTroy on
Oh fuck off, Farage literally has the same negative approval ratings as Starmer
imminentmailing463 on
This is *exactly* why I think some people are being too gleeful at the prospect of Jenrick or Badenoch. Yes, they’re awful. But they also may be well placed to win this demographic back to the Tories. And they don’t really need to win that many back for the next election result to be quite different.
synth003 on
My 75 year old dad was shouting about starmer means testing pensions the other day, something another miserable git told him after reading it on Facebook.
They believe anything as long as it’s something they can get angry about.
NewPower_Soul on
You voted for Labour, at least stand by your vote and don’t jump ship 3 minutes later..
Critical-Usual on
The voters turn? There’s no election for 5 years. See you then (if you’re still alive)
KingThorongil on
If you’re upsetting angry older voters, you must be doing something right.
oomagooma87 on
Why do we give so much importance to this demographic. Many of em are feeble, many of em are susceptible to medical and age issues but the current benefits and pension system cater to literally 96% of them (please statistically prove me wrong). You want proper future planning to a country then invest in it the younglings, and back away from the ones who go into a pub and moan about how Thatcher days were better or whatever. Fuck these older voters.
External-Piccolo-626 on
Well yes because now they’re in power they are actually having to make decisions that upset people. A lot on here thought Labour would bring sunshine and constant joy. I didn’t vote for them but obviously want them to do well but it is quite funny.
Ex-art-obs1988 on
I love how Reddit is so gleeful about things being stripped from pensioners….
Like somehow the things being taken away won’t effect them when they become old…
It’s like the villainy put on shareholders, not realising their shareholders themselves via their pension pots…
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>Labour’s vote share since winning power has continued its dramatic slide to less than 30 per cent after voters aged 55 and over abandoned Keir Starmer’s party, new polling has revealed.
>The Techne UK weekly tracker poll for The Independent has registered support for Labour falling to 29 per cent down five points from the election and two points below last week.
>But with the Tories still undecided on a new leader, they failed to capitalise on Labour’s loss of popularity with a gain of just one point from last week to 24 per cent. Meanwhile Nigel Farage’s Reform UK were also up one to 19 per cent.
>The Lib Dems stayed the same on 12 per cent while the Greens were unchanged on 7 per cent.
>Labour’s losses came after another chaotic week which saw Keir Starmer sack his chief of staff Sue Gray and replace her with the controversial Morgan McSweeney. His government though has still been dogged by rows over freebies and now concerns are rising over dramatic tax rises with reports capital gains tax could be hiked to 39 per cent.
>But Labour’s biggest problem appears to be with older voters with anger continuing to increase over the decision to cancel winter fuel payments for 10 million pensioners as the days get colder.
>For the first time since the election Labour trails the Tories in both the 55 to 64 age group category and the 65 and over category. In an even more concerning development Starmer’s party also trails Reform UK in both categories.
>Excluding undecideds Labour has 23 per cent 55 to 64 compared to the Tories’ 26 per cent and Reform’s 25 per cent. Among 65-and-overs, Labour has just 22 per cent to the Tories’ 29 per cent and Reform’s 24 per cent.
>In less than 100 days Labour has also lost more than a quarter of its vote from the last election with 27 per cent of those who said they voted for Starmer’s party in July now saying they would not do it again.
>Techne UK’s chief executive Michela Morizzo said that the only reason that Labour would hang on in this scenario is because the vote on the right of politics is still split between the Tories and Reform.
>She said: “Things continue to go badly for the Labour government. Sir Keir Starmer’s party drop a further two points in national vote share this week, recording now just 29 per cent. This sub 30 per cent vote share for Labour is the lowest share we have recorded for the Labour Party since February 2022.
>“If the right was united – which of course it is not – they would poll together in excess of 40 per cent of national vote share, far exceeding Labour. It will be very interesting to see how the consensus willl shift once the new Conservative leader is elected and the party starts to move on with a new vision looking to the next general election.”
You ain’t seen nothing yet as they say. Wait till he reaches to the bottom of voters pockets to fund that train drivers pay rise.
Not getting a bunch of hand outs so they throw a wobbler, typical.
I don’t care what anyone says, this is the best timeline. The establishment needs to come to terms with how incredibly unpopular they are.
Oh fuck off, Farage literally has the same negative approval ratings as Starmer
This is *exactly* why I think some people are being too gleeful at the prospect of Jenrick or Badenoch. Yes, they’re awful. But they also may be well placed to win this demographic back to the Tories. And they don’t really need to win that many back for the next election result to be quite different.
My 75 year old dad was shouting about starmer means testing pensions the other day, something another miserable git told him after reading it on Facebook.
They believe anything as long as it’s something they can get angry about.
You voted for Labour, at least stand by your vote and don’t jump ship 3 minutes later..
The voters turn? There’s no election for 5 years. See you then (if you’re still alive)
If you’re upsetting angry older voters, you must be doing something right.
Why do we give so much importance to this demographic. Many of em are feeble, many of em are susceptible to medical and age issues but the current benefits and pension system cater to literally 96% of them (please statistically prove me wrong). You want proper future planning to a country then invest in it the younglings, and back away from the ones who go into a pub and moan about how Thatcher days were better or whatever. Fuck these older voters.
Well yes because now they’re in power they are actually having to make decisions that upset people. A lot on here thought Labour would bring sunshine and constant joy. I didn’t vote for them but obviously want them to do well but it is quite funny.
I love how Reddit is so gleeful about things being stripped from pensioners….
Like somehow the things being taken away won’t effect them when they become old…
It’s like the villainy put on shareholders, not realising their shareholders themselves via their pension pots…