By GB News (Politics) | Created at 2025-03-21 09:27:55 | Updated at 2025-03-28 01:03:07
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Sir Keir Starmer has been dealt a hammer blow after a new poll showed support for some of his main rivals has surged among grassroots Labour members and around one-in-three back ousting him from No10 ahead of the next General Election.
In a Survation survey of party members for Labour List, Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband emerged as the most liked member of the Cabinet.
Miliband, who led Labour to defeat in the 2015 General Election, secured a net favourability rating of 68.6 per cent, putting him just over five per cent ahead of Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner.
Starmer ended up ranking in 17th place, well-behind Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds.
The Prime Minister only managed to secure a net rating of 13.83 per cent, leaving Environment Secretary Steve Reed, Scottish Secretary Ian Murray, Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens, Health Secretary Wes Streeting, Attorney General Lord Hermer, Work & Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall and Chancellor Rachel Reeves behind him.
Reeves, who will deliver her spring statement next week, was handed the lowest net favourability rating at -11.19 per cent.
A staggering 31 per cent of Labour members also want to replace Starmer as leader before the next General Election.
However, the Prime Minister's place looks secure for now, with 52 per cent wanting to keep Starmer at the helm.
Survation also found that Labour members consider Nigel Farage's Reform UK as the biggest threat to Starmer's party.
Seven-in-10 Labour members named the populist party at the greatest political threat, with just 16.2 per cent believing Kemi Badenoch's Tories will wreak the most havoc.
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