According to a YouGov survey the Chancellor and the Prime Minister’s popularity has hit rock bottom.
Sir Keir Starmer and a favourability score of -54 as just 18% of voters have a positive view of the Prime Minister, and a whopping 72% of Brits view him negatively.
Rachel Reeves has a net rating of -59, surpassing Starmer, this is the Chancellor’s lowest favourability score amid her catastrophic Autumn Budget raising taxes for millions of Brits.
This is the worst score of any Chancellor in the nine years YouGov has been tracking a favourability scores.
The recent increase in favourable opinion towards Kemi Badenoch is concentrated among Conservative and Reform UK voters
2024 Conservative: 62% favourable (+10 from 16-17 Nov)
2024 Reform UK: 50% (+9)
2024 Lib Dem: 15% (-1)
2024 Labour: 9% (=)
2024 Green: 6% (-1)… pic.twitter.com/7jfG0RYayI— YouGov (@YouGov) December 16, 2025
According to the YouGov polling 72% of respondents have a negative view of Reeves, and only 12% remain positive about the Chancellor and her policies.
The Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has done better than Labour as 26% of voters remain positive about the leader, this is up by 5 points from November.
The Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has a net rating of -35 and 64% have negative views of him and 29% see him in a positive light.
More than have of voters have a net score of -6, with 23% favourable to the Green Party leader Zack Polanski, with 29% having an unfavourable view of the leader.
