UK Jewish Community Shifting Towards Greens and Reform UK as Support for Main Parties Falls

Studies reveal a new political divide within Jewish people in Britain, with backing rising fast for the Green Party – buoyed up by youthful and “anti-Zionist” Jews – while more senior observant men lean toward the Reform Party as trust in the leading parties “drops sharply”.

Approval of Labour and the Conservatives among British Jews had fallen to 58% by mid-2025 from nearly 84% in 2020, according to a study from a prominent demographic center, which noted it was “the smallest share we’ve observed by some distance”.

Traditionally, Labour is preferred by more “less observant” Jews while the Conservative party is historically backed by more “religious” Jews.

At the same time, roughly 18% of UK Jewish voters (18%) were supporting the Greens by June 2025 – which the study called “surprising” given its position on Israel, which it labeled an “apartheid state” in a decision at its 2024 national meeting.

Backing of the Green party rose 9% among the Jewish community between the 2024 general election and the following year, surpassing the 1% increase in backing for the Greens among the broader voting population over the same period, and coming before the leadership of a well-known member who identifies as a “committed” Jew but “anti-Zionist”.

The study said the growth in Greens support implied “for a significant minority of Jews, national issues and progressive values take precedence over foreign policy concerns”.

In contrast, approval of the Reform Party grew among the Jewish community from 3% in the 2024 election to 11% in mid-2025. But the increase trailed the 14% rise Reform UK enjoyed with the wider electorate.

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

A lead analyst said: “The Reform Party is more prone to appeal to men, more senior, observant, and pro-Israel Jews; the Green Party are more inclined to draw younger, secular and anti-Israel …[but] it is essential to recognize that it is also part of a broader, more general trend driving the British public as a complete group.”

However, the “sharp rise in approval among the Jewish community for Reform – a party whose language on migration and nationalism would typically be anticipated to estrange minority communities, such as Jews” was labeled “striking” by analysts.

“Notable portions of the Jewish population may lean towards parties offering strength and certainty, irrespective of ideological baggage” when traditional groups were seen as “ineffective or opposed”, it noted.

The study stated: “For the earliest occasion in modern Jewish community history, backing of the Conservative and Labour parties combined has dropped under 60%.

“Given that this is mirrored in the broader public too, it is not just a data outlier – it may indicate a structural shift in the political views of Jews.

“Several factors appear to be fueling this division: the Middle East hostilities and its divisive impact on community views; increasing hostility towards Jews, resulting in a recent terrorist attack at a Jewish house of worship; and a more general loss of confidence in established parties.

“Collectively, these factors are driving Jews toward parties that provide direction – whether through populism or radical progressivism.

“If recent developments continue … Jewish voters in Britain are predicted to become further split, prompting further internal community tensions.”

The organization, which monitors population shifts, polled 11,000 British Jews for the study, called The shift away from two-party support? Emerging changes in the political preferences of British Jews.

It revealed that in 2024, the Jewish community were more likely than the wider public to vote for the leading parties, with 44% backing Labour, compared with 34% of the total voters, and 32% voting for Conservative, versus 24% of the wider electorate.

By summer, support for Labour had dropped by 13% among British Jews, compared with a 9% decline with the general public, while approval of the Tories among British Jews dropped by 4%, paralleling the broader population. “Low and stable” support for the Liberal Democrats has moved from 8% to 9% among the Jewish community.