The end of two-party politics? Emerging changes in the political preferences of British Jews

In this report:

New findings on the voting preferences of Jews in the UK, drawing on the latest data from the JPR Research Panel, suggest the proportion of British Jews specifically expressing a preference for one of the ‘main’ two parties (Labour and Conservatives) in 2025 was just 58% – the lowest level ever recorded by some distance. The report also explores the driving forces behind this shift, and who among the Jewish community is more likely to vote for the Green Party and Reform UK.

Some of the key findings in this report:

• Support among British Jews for the Labour and Conservative parties combined has fallen below 60%. 
• Three forces appear to be driving this fragmentation: (1) the war in Gaza; (2) rising antisemitism; and (3) a broader decline of trust in mainstream parties. 
• While the UK electorate has already crossed the threshold where ‘other parties’ collectively outpoll Labour and Conservative, Jews remain more anchored to the traditional two, although the gap is closing fast.
• Nearly one in five Jews (18%) now favours the Green Party – the same party that officially labels Israel an ‘apartheid state.’ This suggests that for a small but significant minority of Jews, domestic priorities and progressive values outweigh foreign policy concerns that touch directly on Israeli governmental and military behaviour, and, in at least some cases, the country’s very nature and legitimacy.
• 11% of Jews now favour Reform UK, a party whose rhetoric on immigration might typically be expected to alienate minority communities, including Jews. While support for Reform UK among Jews is notably lower than among the UK population as a whole, Jews are likely being drawn towards the party by a combination of disillusionment with both the Labour Government and the Conservative Party, and growing concerns about antisemitism in the UK.