Brexit Remain voters reached a 12-point lead margin new polls show – less likely to back Labour if the party was committed to stopping Brexit
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The number of Brexit Remain voters has reached a 12-point lead against the Leave camp since the 2016 referendum, the latest YouGov survey has found.
YouGov polled just over 1,000 people and found that 56% of voters would choose to remain in the European Union, versus 44% that would vote to leave, excluding non-voters and those undecided.
This 12-point lead is the largest since 2016.Similarly, 56% would back a people’s vote on the UK’s future with the EU versus 43% who would not.YouGov carried out the survey in collaboration with The People’s Vote UK, a British campaign group calling for a public vote on the final Brexit deal.
The leaked poll commissioned by the pro-EU Best for Britain campaign suggests that voters would be less likely to back Labour if the party was committed to stopping Brexit.
According to a report on The Guardian, the poll shows that almost a third of respondents said they would be less likely to vote Labour, a similar number to those who said it would not make a difference. Twenty-five per cent said it would make them more likely to back Labour, with the rest saying they did not know.
The campaign group, which is pushing for a second EU referendum, commissioned the as yet unreleased snap poll shortly before MPs voted down Theresa May’s Brexit deal. The Populus poll asked 2,000 people whether they would be more or less likely to vote Labour “if they commit to stop Brexit”.
The polling also showed the party would lose around the same number of Labour voters as it would gain from the Conservatives.
Just 9% of Conservative voters would switch to Labour in those circumstances, but 11% of current Labour voters said it would make them less likely to vote for the party.
