'The country has gone to the dogs!' Labour voter and disability campaigner fumes one year on from Party's first year in power
WATCH: Labour voter and disability campaigner fumes one year on from party's first year in Government
Data shows Labour popularity has plummeted with many voters defecting to the Lib Dems, Reform UK and the Greens
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A Labour voter and disability campaigner has fumed that the country has "gone to the dogs" one year on from the Labour party's first year in Government.
Anastasia Tempest, from Leeds, was one of many who put an X on the voting ballot for Labour on July 4, 2024, leading Prime Minister Keir Starmer to sweep into 10 Downing Street with a landslide majority of 172 seats.
Now, YouGov data shows the party's popularity has plummeted, with significant numbers of those who backed the party last year defecting to the Lib Dems, Reform UK and the Greens, alongside some who say they "don’t know" who they would vote for in a future election.
While reasons for leaving Labour may vary with immigration, the NHS and the cost of living in the top three most important issues facing the country for all main groups of defectors.
A Labour voter and disability campaigner has fumed that the country has "gone to the dogs" one year on from the Labour party's first year in Government
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Benefits claimant Anastasia Tempest wants more investment in the NHS and social care. She told GB News: "Labour one year on, I think the country has gone to the dogs.
"I voted Labour because I couldn't vote for the Conservatives because they've got a reputation for not doing very much.
"I haven't really noticed any difference. In fact, my life has deteriorated. I have cerebral palsy. I've also got muscle wasting, and having the combination of the two situations is incredibly difficult to manage.
"I've been on a waiting list for over five years for a medical for a gastroenterology problem, and the waiting lists keep going up and up and up and up.
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"Perhaps the Prime Minister should spend more time in the country focusing on domestic issues than going off gallivanting abroad."
Tempest relies on the use of a wheelchair, but she is now housebound as her benefits do not cover the cost of a new electric one.
She is unable to propel herself for long distances in her manual wheelchair and instead requires an electric wheelchair to leave her home and now feels "like a prisoner in her own home" as she lives alone and has no family to support her.
"The last wheelchair that I had was three and a half years old, and I've had to try and raise some money for a new [electric] wheelchair because unfortunately, what I receive is not sufficient by the time I've made my contribution to social care," she said.
Benefits claimant Anastasia Tempest wants more investment in the NHS and social care
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"I mean, I don't want this to sound tragic, but I've hardly got anything left, as you can only cut back so far."
When Labour voters were asked why they intended to vote for the party just before the election, the main reason by far was to get the Tories out, shown by research from Statista Research Department.
In the election, Labour only increased their vote share by 1.6 per cent, with the Conservative party seeing their vote share decline by 19.9 per cent.
According to Statistica, as of June 2025, the net approval rating of the Labour government stood at -52 percent, one of the lowest approval ratings for the current Government.
As a comparison, the previous Conservative government's net approval rating was -56 percent just before the 2024 General Election, with a low of -76 percent recorded in October 2022.
YouGov data shows Conservative and Labour voters are the least likely to have stuck with the choice they made in the 2024 general election, with just half of those who backed either party last July (51-52 per cent) still intending to vote for that party, compared to 62 per cent of 2024 Lib Dems, two thirds of 2024 Green voters (68 per cent) and 84 per cent of 2024 Reform UK voters.