Former UKIP chief Nigel Farage has been voted because the favorite UK politician in a new poll of Express.co.uk readers. Despite now not being concerned in frontline politics, the staunch Brexiteer received the assist of greater than 1 / 4 of readers.

In response to Jeremy Corbyn being declared the most popular current or former Labour Party leader in a new YouGov survey, Express.co.uk ran a poll from 12.30pm on Wednesday, July 5, to 11am on Friday, July 6, asking: “Who is your favourite UK politician?”

Overall, 6,175 votes have been acquired with Mr Farage popping out on prime with 27 p.c (1,662 folks) backing him.

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson got here in a detailed second with 25 p.c (1,552 folks) declaring him as their favorite.

In the hundreds of comments left below the accompanying article, many readers shared their assist for Mr Farage, with username methuselah describing him as “the best politician of his generation”.

Another, username faragefan remarked: “Farage is in a league of his own, and long may he be on the British political scene!”

While username DoggyDay wrote: “Without doubt Nigel Farage ‘the man of the people’ who has influenced the political scene the most since Churchill!”

And username PietPompies added “Boris and Nigel are miles ahead,” of the remainder.

Mr Corbyn additionally fared nicely amongst Express.co.uk readers receiving 10 p.c (622 folks) of the vote.

Commenting on his management, username mrcrypt2 stated: “Obviously Jeremy Corbyn beat all the other Labour leaders, he's easily the better man.”

Username gbnews2 wrote: “As a lifelong thatcherite I have to vote for Corbyn simply because he believes in what he's doing.”

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Former Conservative Minister Jacob Rees Mogg and Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer every raked in six p.c with 392 and 252 folks voting for them respectively.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak completed on 4 p.c (252 folks) simply forward of Gordon Brown and Tony Blair.

The remaining politicians listed every secured lower than three p.c of the vote whereas 5 p.c of readers (315 folks) answered “other” and 68 folks stated they didn't know.