UK Jewish Community Gravitating to Green Party and Reform UK as Backing for Major Parties Falls

Studies reveal a emerging electoral split across British Jews, with approval rising fast for the Green Party – buoyed up by younger and anti-Israel Jews – while more senior traditional men favor Reform UK as confidence in the leading parties “drops sharply”.

Approval of the Conservative and Labour parties among the Jewish community in Britain had dropped to 58% by mid-2025 from nearly 84% in 2020, according to a report from a respected policy organization, which stated it was “the smallest share we’ve observed by a wide gap”.

Generally, Labour has been preferred by more “non-religious” Jews while the Conservatives is historically backed by more “Orthodox” Jews.

In parallel, roughly a fifth of British Jews (18%) were backing the Greens by mid-2025 – which analysts labeled “contradictory” given its position on Israel, which it described an “discriminatory system” in a resolution at its 2024 Manchester conference.

Support for the Green Party rose 9% among the Jewish community between the summer 2024 election and June 2025, exceeding the 1% increase in Green support among the broader voting population over the identical timeframe, and coming before the leadership of a well-known member who describes himself as a “proud” Jew but “anti-Zionist”.

The study said the growth in Green party support suggested “for a significant minority of Jews, home affairs and progressive values surpass foreign policy concerns”.

In contrast, support for Reform UK rose among British Jews from 3% in summer 2024 to 11% in mid-2025. But the growth trailed the 14% jump Reform received with the broader voter base.

“Jews remain less likely [than the wider electorate] to support Reform [11% vs 28%], but more inclined to support the Green party [18% vs 7%],” the report stated.

A lead analyst noted: “Reform is more prone to attract male, elderly, orthodox, and pro-Israel Jews; the Green Party are more prone to draw youthful, secular and anti-Zionist …[but] it is essential to acknowledge that it is also an element of a larger, broader shift driving the UK population as a whole.”

Nonetheless, the “sharp rise in approval among the Jewish community for the Reform Party – a political group whose language on migration and nationalism would normally be anticipated to distance ethnic groups, such as Jews” was called “notable” by researchers.

“Large segments of the Jewish electorate may lean towards leaders offering resolve and direction, irrespective of political history” when established parties were perceived as “weak or hostile”, it added.

The study said: “For the earliest occasion in contemporary UK Jewish records, support for the two main parties combined has declined to less than 60%.

“Given that this is seen in wider society too, it is not just a statistical anomaly – it may indicate a structural shift in Jewish electoral behavior.

“Several factors are propelling this fragmentation: the Middle East hostilities and its splitting influence on community views; increasing hostility towards Jews, culminating in a recent security breach at a synagogue; and a broader erosion of faith in traditional political groups.

“Collectively, these factors are guiding Jews toward parties that deliver direction – be it through mass rhetoric or radical progressivism.

“If ongoing changes endure … Jewish voters in Britain are likely to become increasingly divided, causing further internal community tensions.”

The research body, which tracks population shifts, surveyed 11,000 UK Jewish individuals for the study, called The shift away from two-party support? Recent shifts in the voting patterns of UK Jewish voters.

It discovered that in the election year, Jewish voters were more likely than the wider public to support the dominant groups, with 44% backing Labour, compared with 34% of the total voters, and 32% backing Conservative, versus 24% of the general population.

By June, approval of the Labour Party had declined by 13% among the Jewish community, compared with a 9% drop with the wider electorate, while Conservative support among the Jewish community declined by 4%, matching the broader population. “Low and stable” approval of the Lib Dems has changed from 8% to 9% among the Jewish community.