Greens ahead of Lib Dems in new Westminster poll
The UK’s Green Parties are continuing their strong showing in opinion polls in 2021. A new poll has found support for the Greens if a general election were held tomorrow to be at 5 per cent. If repeated in an actual election, this would be the best result for the Greens in their history.
The poll – conducted by Deltapoll – also puts the Greens ahead of the Liberal Democrats. According to polling aggregator Stats for Lefties, the 4 per cent support for the Liberal Democrats is the lowest poll rating for the party in four years. The Greens have now been polling ahead of the Liberal Democrats on and off since October.
Deltapoll’s findings come after similar good news for the Greens in an poll for the Sunday Times from Focaldata. That found support for the Greens was at 7 per cent. The Greens have now consistently been polling at 4 per cent or above since December 8.
Green Party of England and Wales co-leader Sian Berry welcomed the poll, saying it suggested the 2021 elections would see a “record number of Greens” elected to office. She told Bright Green:
This is another solid poll for us, which once again places the Greens as the third largest party in the country. At a time when we are facing both the coronavirus crisis and the accelerating climate and nature crises, it is clear people are looking for a better way of doing things and are ready for real change.
This is an extremely uncertain moment for so many people who feel as if the old parties have simply not been working for them. It isn’t surprising therefore to see more and more people look to us and we expect to see a record number of Greens voted into power at this year’s crucial elections.”
Deltapoll also found that support for the Conservatives has risen since their last poll. The full voting intention findings of Deltapoll’s latest poll, with changes since their last poll in November are as follows:
- Conservatives – 43% (+6)
- Labour – 38% (=)
- Green – 5% (+1)
- Scottish National Party – 5% (+1)
- Liberal Democrats – 4% (-5)
- Brexit Party – 3% (=)
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i am not a supporter of the lib dems but they are better at electoral politics than the Greens they have ten times as many MPs and have councilors in most towns. i would nt brag about this as i would nt expect these figures to change much even if Greens got double there voters.
My point like the Greens they want an new voting system but unlike the Greens they have focused patiently on doing there best under first past the post and not standing down for Labour eg…..If the Greens get less councilors and MPs than the Greens and moreover acheive a similair vote share i would argue that is the ultimate argument for moving on from the progressive alliance all together and dropping the refusal to accept the results of the 2011 AV referendum or the 2019 general election. We will have another chance at electoral reform one day but in the mean time the environment is priority and that means like the Lib dems getting the most seats for you your votes.
Individual polls aren’t a great measure. The problem is there’s a lot of polls, there’s inevitable variation between them, and reporting individual polls is open to cherry picking. Plenty of aggregate data out there which shows us a point or two behind LD.