UK FACT CHECK POLITICS
UK FACT CHECK POLITICS
Voting intention Labour Lab 30% Reform Ref 24% Con Con 22% Green Grn 8% Lib Dem LD 7% Poll tracker
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YouGov for The Times / Sky News

Labour leads but falls short of a majority — 161 of 650 seats on 24.0%, ahead of Conservative on 23.0% (154 seats).

YouGov Fieldwork 12 October 2026 View original source
Hung parliament
326 seats needed for a majority
Labour
24.0%
161 seats ▼ 5.0
Conservative
23.0%
154 seats ▲ 1.0
Reform UK
21.0%
141 seats ▼ 2.0
Liberal Democrats
12.0%
80 seats ▲ 2.0
Green
11.0%
74 seats ▲ 2.0
SNP
3.0%
20 seats ▲ 3.0
Other parties
3.0%
20 seats ▲ 3.0
2 more
Restore Britain
2.0%
13 seats ▲ 2.0
Plaid Cymru
1.0%
7 seats ▲ 1.0

Vote share

Share of the vote, with movement since Freshwater Strategy on 11 Oct 2026.

Full results for all parties
Party Vote share Projected seats
Labour 24.0% 161
Conservative 23.0% 154
Liberal Democrats 12.0% 80
Reform UK 21.0% 141
Green 11.0% 74
SNP 3.0% 20
Plaid Cymru 1.0% 7
Sinn Féin 0.0% 0
DUP 0.0% 0
SDLP 0.0% 0
Alliance 0.0% 0
UUP 0.0% 0
Alba 0.0% 0
Restore Britain 2.0% 13
Independent 0.0% 0
Other 0.0% 0

Added automatically by the poll updater. Fieldwork 2026-10-11 to 2026-10-12. Sample size 2,393.