Reform UK leader Nigel Farage now draws hostility from a record share of British voters, according to the latest YouGov figures. Some 69% of those surveyed view him unfavourably — the highest level the firm has recorded in the decade it has run this tracker.
Almost seven in ten people in Great Britain now take a negative view of the right-wing populist Reform UK leader. That is the highest reading since YouGov began tracking the question about a decade ago.
The poll was conducted on 9–10 September 2026 among 2,099 adults in Great Britain. Some 69% said they had an unfavourable opinion of Farage, up two points from August. Of those, 57% described their view as “very unfavourable.” Only 24% viewed the Reform UK leader favourably. His net rating stands at −45.
A year ago that net score was −31. Britons are now almost three times as likely to see Farage negatively as positively. No other major party leader matches him on the share of people who view him “very unfavourably.”
By comparison, Prime Minister Andy Burnham remains the only major party leader with a positive net rating: 46% view him favourably and 39% unfavourably (up six points in a month), for a net of +7. Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey is on −8, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch on −15, and Green Party leader Zack Polanski on −29.
