Why Young Voters Are Ditching Labour
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In this video, we’ll dive into the polling shifts happening among young people in the UK, and try to explain why young voters are ditching Labour.
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Sources:
YouGov Polling
Starmer’s net approval: https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/53176-political-favourability-ratings-october-2025
June 2025: https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/52431-how-would-britain-vote-a-year-since-the-2024-election
Voting intention: https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/trackers/voting-intention?crossBreak=1824
Most important issues:
https://yougov.co.uk/topics/society/trackers/the-most-important-issues-facing-the-country?period=5yrs&crossBreak=1824
The Economist’s UK Poll Tracker
https://www.economist.com/interactive/2025-british-politics
2024 Election Results by Age
https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/49978-how-britain-voted-in-the-2024-general-election
Attitudes towards Immigration
https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/uk-public-opinion-toward-immigration-overall-attitudes-and-level-of-concern/
Attitudes towards Israel & Palestine
https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/media/yqej2h1k/more-than-choosing-sides-more-in-common-report-december-2023.pdf
https://yougov.co.uk/international/articles/52694-british-attitudes-to-the-israel-gaza-conflict-july-2025-update
Labour’s Housebuilding Project
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g0nv2e70do
https://fullfact.org/government-tracker/1-5-million-homes/
https://www.commercialtrust.co.uk/news/labour-still-far-from-housebuilding-targets/