Half of Brits now want second Brexit referendum – including a quarter of those who voted Leave in 2016
New Ipsos polling shows that support for a second referendum is growing
Almost half of Brits want a second Brexit referendum, according to a new major poll conducted 10 years after voters opted for Britain to leave the EU.
The survey by Ipsos, King’s College London and think tank UK in a Changing Europe found that 48% of respondents said they would now support a second referendum, compared with 27% who would oppose it.
The desire for a second referendum even extends to a fifth of Reform UK voters and a quarter of those who voted Leave in 2016 would back a second vote, the study found.
Not only that, but the number of British voters who think Brexit is going worse than they had predicted has almost doubled in the past five years, from 27% in 2021 to 48% today.
Meanwhile, just 9% say Brexit is going better than expected.
In addition, almost half of Brits support closer ties with the EU, with 47% saying they want a closer trading relationship with the EU, against just 16% who want a more distant one and 22% who want to keep things the same.
The poll also revealed the significant political impact of Labour’s position on the EU.
While just under a third (31%) of respondents said they would be likely to consider voting Labour at the next general election, this figure climbs to 45% if they were to offer a second referendum in their manifesto.
The findings of a YouGov poll published earlier this week found that 55% of respondents now support rejoining the EU.
Olivia Barber is a reporter at Left Foot Forward
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