European election polls: now the Lib Dems overtake Labour

With the Brexit Party and Lib Dems potentially the biggest winners, this weeks vote looks ever more like a referendum on Brexit

SOUTH QUEENSFERRY, SCOTLAND - MAY 16: Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable, Sheila Ritchie, Scottish Liberal Democrats European elections candidate and Christine Jardine MP, join Lib Dem Europ
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Polling for the European election on 23 May has, for the first time, seen the Liberal Democrats overtake Labour to climb into second position behind Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party.

The YouGov/Datapraxis poll, commissioned by the pro-remain Best for Britain campaign and Hope Not Hate and taken from more than 9,000 voters, showed the weeks-old Brexit Party with a robust lead in all regions apart from Scotland. It puts them at 34% overall, with the Lib Dems following with 17%, Labour with 15%, and just 9% voting for the Conservatives.

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William Gritten

William Gritten is a London-born, New York-based strategist and writer focusing on politics and international affairs.