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Reform UK Hits 33% as Tories Tighten Candidate Rules and Farage Sets Limits on Defectors

Conservative selection crackdowns coincide with anger over asylum housing, leaving Farage’s party to signal it will be choosy about ex‑Tory recruits.

Nigel Farage at a party rally in January (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)
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Overview

  • A Find Out Now poll reported by GB News puts Reform UK on 33 percent nationally, ahead of Labour on 18 percent and the Conservatives on 17 percent.
  • A UK Parliament petition over asylum accommodation has topped roughly 810,000 signatures, with local flashpoints cited in Essex and at RAF Wethersfield.
  • GB News reports that CCHQ told former Conservative MPs they will not receive preferential treatment to stand in 2029, prompting talk of further defections.
  • Eleven ex-Conservative MPs have already joined Reform UK, including David Jones and Sir Jake Berry, as the party stresses case‑by‑case vetting of would‑be switchers.
  • Ipsos polling indicates reputational risk for Reform UK if high‑profile figures defect, with one‑third of Britons viewing the party more negatively if Liz Truss were to join.