Support for anti-European Union party in Britain rises to 17%: survey

Right-wingers UKIP hit 17 percent — a record high in a ComRes poll — in the survey conducted for The Independent on Sunday and the Sunday Mirror newspapers.

The poll put center-left Labour on 37 percent, the center-right Conservatives on 28 percent and the Liberal Democrats — their centrist partners in the governing coalition — on just 9 percent.

Recent poor poll showings have fueled calls from restive backbench Conservative lawmakers for a decisive shift to the right to counter the electoral threat posed by UKIP, though Cameron has resisted the notion.

UKIP came a shock close second to the Liberal Democrats in a by-election last month in a key Conservative target seat, pushing Cameron's party into third place.

Despite the poll gloom, Cameron remains the only leader more popular than his party.

ComRes interviewed 2,015 British adults online on Wednesday and Thursday.

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