Polls have shown Sunak’s party trailing Labor for more than a year, with recent surveys showing the opposition party about 20% ahead. Sunak is required to hold a general election within 13 months, meaning he’ll likely face British voters in 2024.
But UK Labor Party leader Keir Starmer has also faced controversy. The British lawmaker was met with opposition from within his party after ejecting former leader Jeremy Corbyn. Starmer had previously signaled more cordial relations with Corbyn, who remains popular among younger and more progressive members of the party.
The Labor Party is currently engaged in legal action against former Corbyn loyalists within the party after a report was leaked providing damning evidence of internal bias against the former party leader.
The most popular minister polled in Sunak’s cabinet was Kemi Badenoch, a self-styled “anti-woke” politician currently serving as Secretary of State for Business and Trade and Minister for Women and Equalities. Badenoch has led efforts in recent months to secure a bilateral trade deal with the United States; the UK was forced to negotiate individual trade pacts with various countries after leaving the European Union in 2020.