Reform UK makes Blue Wall gains as Sunak support slips

SUPPORT for Reform UK in the Blue Wall has doubled since Rishi Sunak took office, polling has shown.

Richard Tice’s Right-wing party has increased its vote share to 6 per cent across 42 heartland Conservative seats in the affluent South. The Redfield & Wilton Strategies (RWS) data echo national trends, with voters deserting the Tories and growing disillusioned with the Prime Minister’s tax rises.

Reform UK was on only 3 per cent in the previous equivalent polling by the firm, carried out on Nov 21 and 22. RWS found that 54 per cent of Blue Wall voters who opted for the Tories under Boris Johnson at the 2019 general election would stay loyal to the party. Nine per cent would now support Reform UK, 15 per cent would vote for Labour and 3 per cent would switch to the Lib Dems.