Nigel Farage is now even less popular than Starmer just before his resignation

Craig Munro | Senior Politics Reporter Published July 23, 2026 12:52pm Updated July 23, 2026 12:53pm Now-former PM Keir Starmer clashed with his younger rival Farage during his spell at No 10 (Picture: Getty/PA) Nigel Farage’s popularity among the public has plummeted to its lowest level in the past ten years, a new YouGov survey has found, placing him below Keir Starmer just before the PM resigned. The pollster found just 22% have a favourable view of the Reform UK leader, while 68% are unfavourable – including 56% who say they are very unfavourable. That 46% gap between his negative and positive rating is bigger than the 45% recorded by Starmer before he announced he was stepping down. It is also bigger than the 42% gap between favourable and unfavourable ratings for Boris Johnson immedi