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Poll Finds Many 2024 Labour Voters Want Starmer Replaced

A JL Partners survey for The Independent highlights internal unease, elevating Andy Burnham as Labour supporters' preferred alternative.

Overview

  • Among 2024 Labour voters, 38% said the party would do better with a new leader, 13% said it would do worse, and 39% said it would make no difference.
  • Andy Burnham was the top preferred replacement at 19% among Labour supporters, though he cannot currently run because he is not an MP.
  • Labour voters in the survey ranked Keir Starmer as the worst Labour prime minister in history.
  • Responses were strongest in the North West, where 14% of Labour voters said the party would do “much better” with a different leader.
  • JL Partners polled 1,562 adults on December 13–14 after reports that Labour Together ran an internal survey whose results have not been published.