More voters believe Restore Britain’s Rupert Lowe is doing a good job leading his party than Zack Polanski, according to a new survey.
Fresh polling from More in Common has found just 15 per cent of Britons think the Green Party leader is doing a good job, marginally less than the 17 per cent who believe the Restore Britain founder is doing well.
Meanwhile 43 per cent of voters believe Mr Polanski is doing a bad job, compared to 24 per cent who think the same of Mr Lowe.
However, the Green Party polled higher in overall voting intention at 9 per cent, while Restore Britain held 6 per cent of the voting intention.
The polling comes as Mr Polanski faces a challenge from within his own party to become the Greens’ candidate for the Holborn and St Pancras by-election next month, which was triggered by Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to step down as an MP.
Mr Polanski, a London Assembly member, announced his hope to contest the seat and win a place in parliament to the Camden New Journal last week.
“I have lived and worked in this community over many years, I know it well and I love it,” Mr Polanski said in an interview with the north London newspaper.
“It represents so many of the things that make London so special. I am so excited by the prospect of representing this place in Parliament.”
Green Party members in the seat are expected to decide on their candidate on Thursday, with the result announced on Friday.
Meanwhile, More in Common UK director Luke Tryl said Restore voters are drawing in around 11 per cent of Reform UK’s 2024 voters, while their biggest voting pool is from those who did not vote in 2024.
Mr Lowe has gained a large following on his social media platforms, having raked in more than £100,000 from posts on X since being elected in 2024.
The Restore Britain leader, who regularly posts anti-immigration content on Elon Musk’s platform, received £2,885 on August 19 on top of tens of thousands already received.
The payments were made via billionaire Elon Musk’s “creator revenue” programme, which allows premium users with more than 500 verified followers to “monetise” their accounts on the controversial site.
But Mr Lowe hit back, saying: “If I wanted to make money, I would not be in politics. I donate my entire net MP salary to local charities in my constituency – being a politician is the most expensive job I’ve ever had.”
Mr Lowe acrimoniously left Reform UK in March 2025 amid claims of bullying and threatening behaviour, before going on to found his own party, Restore Britain. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Mr Lowe would face no criminal charges.
The party – which until now has largely been based in Mr Lowe’s constituency, Great Yarmouth – is further to the right than Reform on issues such as immigration and has enjoyed support from tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has publicly backed Restore Britain a number of times on his X platform.
