UK Jews Turning to Green Party and Reform Party as Backing for Major Parties Falls

Studies reveal a emerging party division within British Jews, with backing increasing rapidly for the Green Party – driven by youthful and non-Zionist Jews – while elderly observant men favor the Reform Party as trust in the two main parties “plummets”.

Support for the Conservative and Labour parties among the Jewish community in Britain had fallen to 58% by July 2025 from around 84% in 2020, as per a report from a respected demographic center, which commented it was “the weakest support we’ve documented by some distance”.

Traditionally, Labour is favored by more “secular” Jews while the Conservative party is traditionally preferred by more “religious” Jews.

Meanwhile, roughly 18% of UK Jewish voters (18%) were favoring the Green party by summer 2025 – which the study labeled “paradoxical” given its policy on the Israeli state, which it labeled an “apartheid state” in a vote at its 2024 party conference.

Support for the Green Party rose 9% among the Jewish community between the summer 2024 election and the following year, surpassing the 1% growth in backing for the Greens among the wider electorate over the equivalent interval, and predating the leadership of a prominent figure who describes himself as a “committed” Jew but “non-Zionist”.

The study said the increase in Greens support indicated “for a significant minority of Jews, home affairs and forward-thinking principles surpass international affairs”.

At the same time, approval of Reform UK rose among UK Jewish voters from 3% in the 2024 election to 11% in the following year. But the increase fell behind the 14% rise Reform UK experienced with the general public.

“The community is less prone [than the wider electorate] to support Reform [11% vs 28%], but more prone to support the Greens [18% vs 7%],” the study said.

A prominent expert noted: “Reform UK is more inclined to appeal to male, more senior, traditional, and Zionist Jews; the Green Party are more likely to attract younger, unaffiliated and anti-Zionist …[but] it is important to note that it is also part of a wider, wider pattern influencing the national electorate as a complete group.”

However, the “rapid increase in approval among the Jewish community for Reform UK – a organization whose language on migration and national identity would usually be predicted to estrange minority communities, such as Jews” was described as “remarkable” by researchers.

“Large segments of the Jewish community may move toward parties pledging strength and certainty, regardless of political history” when traditional groups were viewed as “indecisive or unfriendly”, it added.

The study stated: “For the first time in contemporary Jewish community history, support for the Conservative and Labour parties combined has fallen below 60%.

“Given that this is mirrored in wider society too, it is not just a numerical irregularity – it may indicate a fundamental change in the political views of Jews.

“Multiple drivers seem to be driving this division: the Middle East hostilities and its polarising effect on community views; growing anti-Jewish sentiment, peaking with a major violent incident at a Jewish house of worship; and a wider collapse of trust in traditional political groups.

“Collectively, these elements are guiding Jews in the direction of organizations that provide direction – either via populism or radical progressivism.

“If recent developments persist … Jewish voters in Britain are likely to become increasingly divided, leading to additional internal community tensions.”

The study group, which monitors population shifts, surveyed 11,000 UK Jewish individuals for the analysis, named The decline of dual-party dominance? New developments in the electoral choices of British Jews.

It found that in the previous year, Jewish voters were more likely than the broader electorate to back the two main parties, with 44% backing the Labour Party, versus 34% of the electorate as a whole, and 32% backing the Conservative Party, versus 24% of the broader public.

By mid-year, support for the Labour Party had dropped by 13% among the Jewish community, versus a 9% decrease with the wider electorate, while backing for the Conservatives among British Jews dropped by 4%, matching the broader population. “Low and stable” approval of the Lib Dems has shifted from 8% to 9% among the Jewish community.