# Reform UK and Greens no longer considered main parties, stark new poll shows

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/reform-uk-and-greens-no-longer-considered-main-parties-stark-new-poll-shows/
- Published: 2026-10-22T13:09:34+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T13:44:59+00:00
- Original publisher: The Independent (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-greens-farage-main-party-yougov-poll-b3071481.html
- Topics: Art, Celebrity, Culture, Elections, Entertainment, Government, Politics, UK, World

## Key points

- Labour and the Conservatives remain the only parties seen by most as able to govern.
- Reform’s rating fell 17 points to 44 per cent in a month.
- Most Britons prefer governments formed by one party alone.

## Summary

A new YouGov poll suggests voters are increasingly unlikely to see Reform UK or the Green Party as parties capable of forming a government. Labour and the Conservatives remain the only parties viewed that way by a majority, signalling a shift towards perceptions of a two-party system and weakening confidence in Nigel Farage’s prospects as prime minister.

Reform is seen as a potential governing party by 44 per cent, down 17 points in a month; the Greens are on 16 per cent, down eight. The Liberal Democrats are on 34 per cent, despite having more than 70 MPs. The article links Reform’s decline to falling support and a series of controversies. No potential coalition tested has majority or plurality support: a Labour-Lib Dem government splits opinion at 42 per cent in favour and 42 per cent opposed, while 53 per cent prefer single-party governments.

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