Sadiq Khan

Strongly agree

Yes, but create a new public competitor instead of buying out existing firms

This closely matches Labour’s current approach: creating Great British Energy as a publicly owned energy company to invest/compete and drive clean power, rather than buying out existing firms—explicitly a Starmer-era policy shift away from full renationalisation. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Agree

Yes, essential services should be run for the public good, not shareholder profit

This aligns with Labour’s ideological case for public/collective provision of essential services and echoes arguments used in Labour’s 2017/2019 manifestos about utilities serving the public interest rather than shareholders, though current leadership is more cautious. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Agree

Yes

Labour has historically favoured public ownership (e.g., post‑1945 nationalisations), and under Corbyn (2017–2019) backed taking energy networks into public hands; however, the current Starmer-era platform has shifted away from full renationalisation, favouring other interventions. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Agree

Yes, the privatised market is broken and customers are being ripped off

Labour has repeatedly argued the retail energy market has failed consumers (especially during the 2021–22 supplier collapse and cost-of-living crisis) and supported stronger state action; but it now tends to frame solutions around reform and public investment rather than blanket renationalisation. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Slightly agree

No, the cost to compensate shareholders would saddle taxpayers with massive debt

Labour has acknowledged fiscal/compensation constraints in debates over renationalisation (and the current leadership emphasises fiscal rules), but it has not typically accepted this as a decisive argument against public ownership in principle. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Disagree

No

Labour is not generally opposed in principle to public ownership and has often criticised privatised utilities; while the current leadership is less committed to renationalisation, an outright 'No' conflicts with Labour’s tradition and recent policy debates. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Disagree

No, competition keeps prices lower and innovation higher than a state monopoly

Labour typically disputes the claim that privatised utility competition reliably lowers prices; it has argued regulation/public models are needed in natural-monopoly network sectors, and has criticised privatisation outcomes since the 1980s–90s reforms. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.