BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 04: Richard Tice, Reform UK's Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy delivers a keynote speech on the first day of the Reform Party conference at National Exhibition Centre on September 04, 2026 in Birmingham, England. Reform UK enters its September 2026 annual party conference facing a recent dip in opinion polls, dropping to 22%–23% in national voting intention after peaking at 28% in May. For the first time in over 18 months, the party has slipped behind the Conservatives into third place in select polling, squeezed by a resurgent Labour Party under Prime Minister Andy Burnham and new competition on the right. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)