Reform UK Leads April 2026 Polls Today With 26.4%
Reform UK led the April 2026 polls today with 26.4%, while five parties were separated by just 14.2 percentage points. The average came as elections were due the following day across large areas of England, plus Scotland and Wales.
The figures put Labour on 19.1%, the Conservatives on 18.6%, the Greens on 15.6%, the Liberal Democrats on 12.2% and others on 8.1%. April's average was compiled from the most recent April poll by 10 polling companies: BMG, Find Out Now, Freshwater Strategy, Good Growth Foundation, Ipsos, J.L. Partners, More In Common, Opinium, Techne and YouGov.
Reform UK and the April average
The April polling average gives Reform UK the largest share in the set of figures. It also shows how close the field has become: Labour and the Conservatives were less than one point apart, while the Greens and Liberal Democrats remained in double digits.
May 2025 was the first time the Projected National Share recorded five parties on over 10% of the vote. That leaves no single opposition bloc in the numbers and pushes more weight onto how votes translate into seats, not just how they are split in the national average.
England, Scotland and Wales
The article frames the polling as background to elections across large areas of England, plus Scotland and Wales the following day. It says results in Scotland and Wales should roughly match party vote shares because those systems reflect how people vote.
English local council elections use First Past the Post, and the article says that system can deliver highly disproportional results when votes are spread across more parties. It adds that First Past the Post was designed for a two-party environment, while this field now contains five parties above 10% in the broader Projected National Share record.
Projected National Share records
Professor Sir John Curtice is listed as the 's Projected National Share contributor, and Professors Rallings and Thrasher as the Sky News National Equivalent Vote contributors. The article says those measures have been published every year for around the last 45 years.
For voters, the practical point is straightforward: the headline share does not decide local results by itself. In England, a narrow lead spread across several parties can produce a different outcome from the same vote pattern in Scotland and Wales, where the voting systems are set up to mirror the popular vote more closely.
