Angela Rayner’s proposal for a specific definition of Islamophobia will gift Nigel Farage and Reform UK a 100-seat majority at the next election, according to new polling.

The Deputy PM has appointed a panel to draw up a definition, which will be applied across the public sector, prompting concerns in some quarters that it will thwart necessary conversations about the grooming gangs scandal.

However, a survey of 2,000 voters has found that Labour’s polling sharply declined among those who were told about the Islamophobia plan.

Prior to being told about the proposal, Reform polled 29%, Labour 23%, Conservatives 17%, and the Liberal Democrats 14%. After, being informed about Ms Rayner’s plan, the polls shifted, with Reform climbing a point and Labour falling by three. Those figures, applied at a General Election would give Reform a majority of 106, up from 20 on current polling.

Labour, meanwhile, would see its number of MPs shrink from 155 to 103 and the party would lose one million votes.

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The poll was carried out by J L Partners, whose founder, James Johnson, said: “This polling shows that if Labour introduces a new definition of Islamophobia, it would be like setting off a tinderbox under what remains of their working-class vote.

“With Reform nipping at Labour’s heels in hundreds of seats, that is not something they can afford.”

Critics of the plan to introduce a definition argue that doing so would be to introduce de facto blasphemy laws.

Dr Taj Hargey, an Islamic scholar, told the Daily T podcast that he was “deeply concerned” about the definition, adding that it would give extremists “a get out of jail free card” to continue pushing radicalism unchecked.

He added that Islam is a diverse religion, where theological disagreements are common. As such, he argued, a broad definition of Islamophobia risks stifling legitimate critiques of Islam, which are frequently made by those within the faith.