Labour Labour support on rise for rethink of leaving EU, survey finds Guardian/ICM poll shows nearly as many of its leave voters back second referendum as oppose it Pro-EU demonstrators marching along the Brighton seafront outside the Labour conference last year. The findings of the Guardian/ICM survey may throw into sharp relief the continuing divide among Labour MPs over whether to support the government’s Brexit strategy or call for a wider rethink of the decision to depart the EU. Brexit: Britons favour second referendum by 16-point margin – poll Read moreNearly as many Labour leavers are now in favour of a second referendum (39%) as are against it (43%), and a second referendum would attract overwhelming support from the majority of Labour voters who favour remaining in the EU. The poll shows 50% of voters in narrowly held Labour seats want a second referendum, compared with 30% who do not want to reopen the question. Overall, the latest ICM survey shows Conservative support up one percentage point from its previous poll, now matching Labour on 41%.

Source: The Guardian January 26, 2018 16:31 UTC