# Farage's Reform stuck in third as poll blow deepens

> Reform UK cemented third place in polling as Nigel Farage's net favourability hit minus 42 percent, worsened by a Plymouth rally gaffe.
- Title: Farage's Reform stuck in third as poll blow deepens | Shortify
- Summary: Reform UK cemented third place in polling as Nigel Farage's net favourability hit minus 42 percent, worsened by a Plymouth rally gaffe. Reform UK remains…
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- Source: The Independent — https://independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-reform-latest-poll-yougov-labour-tories-b3069729.html
- Published: 2026-10-20T15:38:19+00:00
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- Topics: reform uk, nigel farage, uk polling, labour, conservative party, yougov, politics, news
## Reform locked in third place
YouGov's weekly poll of two thousand five hundred and twenty adults taken October eighteen to nineteen put Labour at twenty-seven percent, Conservatives at twenty-three percent, and Reform at twenty-two percent.
## Farage's approval hits new low
Nigel Farage's net favourability fell to minus forty-two percent, his worst rating yet, closely followed by Green leader Zack Polanski on minus thirty-seven percent.
## Plymouth rally embarrassment
At a comeback rally in Plymouth, Farage was booed when he confused cities with naval bases and mistakenly called it Portsmouth, an embarrassing moment that unfooted the Reform UK leader.
## Investigations pile pressure on party
Reform faced a difficult weekend after ITV revealed racism and misogyny behind the scenes. Police are investigating deputy leader Richard Tice, Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick, former chief of staff Dan Jukes, and former policy director…
## Farage's crypto donation under scrutiny
The standards commissioner is investigating a five million pound gift to Farage from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne. Reform has lost more than ten points in polling over the last year.
## Key takeaway

Reform UK remains third in polls behind Labour and the Conservatives, while Farage's approval rating fell to minus forty-two percent after he confused Plymouth with Portsmouth at a rally.