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YouGov voting intention, 18 May 2026

Reform UK leads but falls short of a majority — 164 of 650 seats on 25.0%, ahead of Conservative on 18.0% (118 seats).

YouGov Fieldwork 18 May 2026
Hung parliament
326 seats needed for a majority
Reform UK
25.0%
164 seats ▼ 3.0
Conservative
18.0%
118 seats ▲ 1.0
Labour
17.0%
112 seats ▲ 1.0
Green
15.0%
98 seats ▼ 1.0
Liberal Democrats
14.0%
92 seats ▲ 1.0
Other
6.0%
39 seats ▲ 1.0
Other parties
4.0%
27 seats ▼ 1.0
2 more
SNP
3.0%
20 seats
Plaid Cymru
1.0%
7 seats ▼ 1.0

Vote share

Share of the vote, with movement since YouGov on 11 May 2026.

Full results for all parties
Party Vote share Projected seats
Labour 17.0% 112
Conservative 18.0% 118
Liberal Democrats 14.0% 92
Reform UK 25.0% 164
Green 15.0% 98
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
Independent 0.0% 0
Other 6.0% 39

Now, thinking specifically about your own constituency, if there were a general election held tomorrow and these were the parties standing, which party would you vote for? Base: 1,778 GB adults. Imported from voting-intention.xlsx (All adults).

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