UK best prime minister poll 2025| Statista

As of May 2025, 36 percent of people in Great Britain thought that Keir Starmer was better for the job of Prime Minister than the Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch, with 25 percent believing she would be better for the job. Although Starmer is currently seen as better suited for the job as Prime Minister, the approval ratings for his government have declined considerably since winning the election, sinking to a low of -54 percent in March 2025.

Sunak vs Starmer

Shortly after succeeding Truss as Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak was seen by 30 percent of people as the best person for the job, just four percentage points behind Keir Starmer. Twenty months later, however, on the eve of the 2024 general election, just 19 percent of people thought Sunak was the best choice, compared with 35 percent for Starmer. Despite pledging to address the main issues facing the country at the start of 2023, Sunak struggled to convince voters. Although inflation peaked in 2022, and declined throughout 2023, the cost of living crisis afflicting people in the UK lingered on, while progress on improving the NHS proved elusive. The Conservatives suffered a clear defeat in the 2024 election, winning just 121 seats, compared with 365 in 2019.

Scandals and mini budgets

After becoming Prime Minister in late 2019, a series of controversies harmed the popularity of Boris Johnson among voters, and eventually forced his resignation. The Partygate scandal, which revealed that senior government officials held parties at Downing Street, during the COVID-19 lockdown, was the most severe. When the issue came to a head in Summer 2022, Johnson survived the initial political backlash, including an attempted vote of no-confidence in his leadership, but he was forced to resign his position after a wave of senior ministers resigned from his government between July 5-7, 2022. Although Liz Truss won the leadership contest that followed the resignation of Johnson, her time in office was by far the shortest of any Prime Minister. After an unorthodox mini-budget resulted in an acute economic crisis, she resigned her position after less than 50 days in the job

Which of the following do you think would make the best Prime Minister? (April 2020 to May 2025)

Characteristic	Keir Starmer	Boris Johnson	Liz Truss	Rishi Sunak	Kemi Badenoch
May 19, 25	36%	-	-	-	25%
Feb 7, 25	31%	-	-	-	20%
Nov 27, 24	27%	-	-	-	22%
Nov 6, 24	32%	-	-	-	21%
May 16, 24	35%	-	-	19%	-
May 01, 24	34%	-	-	18%	-
Apr 11, 24	33%	-	-	18%	-
Mar 27, 24	31%	-	-	18%	-
Feb 15, 24	33%	-	-	20%	-
Jan 05, 24	33%	-	-	18%	-
Jan 03, 24	30%	-	-	18%	-
Dec 20, 23	30%	-	-	21%	-
Dec 13, 23	31%	-	-	19%	-
Dec 07, 23	31%	-	-	18%	-
Nov 30, 23	34%	-	-	21%	-
Nov 08, 23	32%	-	-	22%	-
Nov 01, 23	35%	-	-	22%	-
Oct 25, 23	32%	-	-	22%	-
Oct 18, 23	32%	-	-	23%	-
Oct 12, 23	32%	-	-	20%	-
Oct 05, 23	34%	-	-	25%	-
Sep 27, 23	30%	-	-	22%	-
Aug 31, 23	30%	-	-	23%	-
Aug 23, 23	32%	-	-	22%	-
Aug 18, 23	32%	-	-	24%	-
Aug 11, 23	29%	-	-	24%	-
Aug 03, 23	31%	-	-	24%	-
Jul 20, 23	31%	-	-	23%	-
Jul 06, 23	34%	-	-	24%	-
Jun 28, 23	30%	-	-	24%	-
Jun 21, 23	32%	-	-	21%	-
Jun 07, 23	30%	-	-	23%	-
May 31, 23	30%	-	-	26%	-
May 18, 23	30%	-	-	25%	-
May 10, 23	30%	-	-	24%	-
May 03, 23	30%	-	-	27%	-
Apr 19, 23	29%	-	-	26%	-
Apr 13, 23	28%	-	-	26%	-
Apr 06, 23	31%	-	-	26%	-
Mar 30, 23	30%	-	-	26%	-
Mar 22, 23	31%	-	-	25%	-
Mar 08, 23	30%	-	-	24%	-
Mar 01, 23	32%	-	-	26%	-
Feb 22, 23	30%	-	-	25%	-
Feb 15, 23	34%	-	-	21%	-
Feb 09, 23	33%	-	-	25%	-
Feb 01, 23	32%	-	-	22%	-
Jan 25, 23	34%	-	-	22%	-
Jan 19, 23	33%	-	-	24%	-
Jan 11, 23	32%	-	-	24%	-
Jan 05, 23	31%	-	-	26%	-
Dec 21, 22	32%	-	-	25%	-
Dec 15, 22	32%	-	-	24%	-
Dec 07, 22	29%	-	-	24%	-
Nov 30, 22	30%	-	-	25%	-
Nov 16, 22	31%	-	-	27%	-
Nov 10, 22	34%	-	-	27%	-
Nov 02, 22	32%	-	-	28%	-
Oct 26, 22	34%	-	-	30%	-
Oct 12, 22	42%	-	13%	-	-
Oct 07, 22	43%	-	14%	-	-
Sep 29, 22	44%	-	15%	-	-
Sep 07, 22	32%	-	25%	-	-
Aug 05, 22	38%	28%	-	-	-
Jul 07, 22	37%	20%	-	-	-
Jun 29, 22	33%	27%	-	-	-
Jun 23, 22	33%	28%	-	-	-
Jun 16, 22	33%	28%	-	-	-
May 25, 22	33%	25%	-	-	-
May 19, 22	32%	27%	-	-	-
May 10, 22	33%	26%	-	-	-
May 06, 22	33%	27%	-	-	-
Apr 27, 22	35%	26%	-	-	-
Apr 20, 22	34%	27%	-	-	-
Apr 07, 22	31%	27%	-	-	-
Mar 30, 22	32%	27%	-	-	-
Mar 23, 22	31%	28%	-	-	-
Mar 04, 22	33%	26%	-	-	-
Feb 25, 22	34%	26%	-	-	-
Feb 02, 22	35%	25%	-	-	-
Jan 21, 22	35%	25%	-	-	-
Jan 13, 22	35%	22%	-	-	-
Jan 12, 22	35%	23%	-	-	-
Jan 07, 22	33%	28%	-	-	-
Dec 20, 21	34%	22%	-	-	-
Dec 15, 21	33%	23%	-	-	-
Dec 02, 21	31%	27%	-	-	-
Nov 25, 21	28%	27%	-	-	-
Nov 18, 21	30%	28%	-	-	-
Nov 10, 21	29%	27%	-	-	-
Oct 13, 21	25%	31%	-	-	-
Sep 16, 21	26%	31%	-	-	-
Sep 03, 21	27%	32%	-	-	-
Aug 26, 21	27%	32%	-	-	-
Aug 12, 21	28%	30%	-	-	-
Aug 06, 21	27%	31%	-	-	-
Jul 29, 21	28%	33%	-	-	-
Jul 16, 21	27%	37%	-	-	-
Jul 08, 21	25%	33%	-	-	-
Jun 30, 21	27%	33%	-	-	-
Jun 17, 21	26%	36%	-	-	-
Jun 10, 21	26%	35%	-	-	-
May 28, 21	25%	37%	-	-	-
May 20, 21	24%	40%	-	-	-
Apr 14, 21	26%	34%	-	-	-
Apr 08, 21	29%	35%	-	-	-
Apr 01, 21	29%	35%	-	-	-
Mar 26, 21	27%	37%	-	-	-
Mar 19, 21	29%	35%	-	-	-
Mar 10, 21	29%	34%	-	-	-
Mar 04, 21	28%	36%	-	-	-
Feb 26, 21	31%	35%	-	-	-
Feb 18, 21	30%	34%	-	-	-
Feb 10, 21	31%	33%	-	-	-
Feb 03, 21	33%	33%	-	-	-
Jan 27, 21	34%	29%	-	-	-
Jan 22, 21	33%	31%	-	-	-
Jan 14, 21	34%	29%	-	-	-
Jan 05, 21	35%	30%	-	-	-
Dec 16, 20	35%	30%	-	-	-
Dec 09, 20	33%	29%	-	-	-
Dec 03, 20	33%	29%	-	-	-
Nov 27, 20	34%	29%	-	-	-
Nov 18, 20	34%	29%	-	-	-
Nov 12, 20	34%	28%	-	-	-
Nov 05, 20	36%	26%	-	-	-
Oct 29, 20	34%	29%	-	-	-
Oct 22, 20	35%	29%	-	-	-
Oct 15, 20	35%	29%	-	-	-
Oct 07, 20	33%	29%	-	-	-
Sep 30, 20	36%	27%	-	-	-
Sep 24, 20	37%	30%	-	-	-
Sep 17, 20	35%	30%	-	-	-
Sep 04, 20	34%	31%	-	-	-
Aug 25, 20	33%	30%	-	-	-
Aug 19, 20	35%	31%	-	-	-
Aug 12, 20	32%	32%	-	-	-
Aug 05, 20	34%	32%	-	-	-
Jul 31, 20	31%	33%	-	-	-
Jul 23, 20	33%	34%	-	-	-
Jun 28, 20	34%	35%	-	-	-
Jun 12, 20	33%	33%	-	-	-
May 30, 20	32%	37%	-	-	-
May 19, 20	27%	39%	-	-	-
Apr 24, 20	25%	43%	-	-	-
Apr 17, 20	22%	46%	-	-	-