The UK and the European Union Poll

In a new poll for Camilla Tominey Today on GB News, we found that just 4 per cent of the public think that the UK government got a “good deal” from the EU. The full tables are available here.

Selected media coverage

Did the UK make the right decision when we voted to leave the EU in 2016?

Unweighted Weighted Wrong decision Right decision Prefer not to say Don’t know Total
Overall
National 1126 1126 49% 30% 6% 15% 100%
Gender
Female 588 585 51% 24% 7% 18% 100%
Male 538 541 46% 37% 5% 12% 100%
Age
18-24 87 119 55% 19% 11% 15% 100%
25-49 508 464 55% 20% 8% 17% 100%
50-64 278 276 43% 38% 3% 15% 100%
65+ 253 266 40% 45% 2% 12% 100%
SEG
AB 266 268 64% 21% 5% 10% 100%
C1 339 332 54% 27% 4% 14% 100%
C2 231 236 36% 39% 8% 17% 100%
DE 290 290 38% 36% 7% 19% 100%
Region
London 129 159 56% 26% 5% 13% 100%
Midlands/Wales 350 302 42% 37% 6% 15% 100%
North 285 306 45% 31% 6% 18% 100%
Rest of South 269 262 50% 30% 6% 13% 100%
Scotland 93 96 64% 16% 5% 15% 100%
2019 General Election
Conservative Party 325 317 20% 63% 4% 13% 100%
Labour Party 258 261 79% 8% 4% 9% 100%
Liberal Democrats 87 87 89% 6% 6% 100%
2016 Brexit referendum
Leave 425 423 13% 69% 5% 14% 100%
Remain 409 406 86% 4% 3% 8% 100%

In your opinion, has Brexit made you richer or poorer?

Unweighted Weighted Richer About the same Poorer Prefer not to say Don’t know Total
Overall
National 1126 1126 2% 34% 45% 5% 14% 100%
Gender
Female 588 585 1% 28% 48% 6% 17% 100%
Male 538 541 3% 39% 42% 4% 12% 100%
Age
18-24 87 119 28% 43% 8% 20% 100%
25-49 508 464 2% 25% 50% 7% 16% 100%
50-64 278 276 3% 39% 41% 3% 13% 100%
65+ 253 266 2% 44% 41% 2% 10% 100%
SEG
AB 266 268 0% 29% 53% 5% 13% 100%
C1 339 332 1% 32% 51% 4% 13% 100%
C2 231 236 4% 38% 37% 6% 14% 100%
DE 290 290 3% 36% 38% 5% 17% 100%
Region
London 129 159 2% 32% 46% 4% 16% 100%
Midlands/Wales 350 302 2% 32% 43% 7% 16% 100%
North 285 306 3% 37% 42% 4% 14% 100%
Rest of South 269 262 2% 37% 45% 4% 13% 100%
Scotland 93 96 22% 61% 6% 11% 100%
2019 General Election
Conservative Party 325 317 4% 59% 20% 3% 14% 100%
Labour Party 258 261 0% 16% 72% 3% 9% 100%
Liberal Democrats 87 87 14% 71% 14% 100%
2016 Brexit referendum
Leave 425 423 5% 60% 19% 4% 12% 100%
Remain 409 406 15% 71% 3% 11% 100%

Did the UK government get a good deal or bad deal from the EU?

Unweighted Weighted A good deal A bad deal Prefer not to say Don’t know Total
Overall
National 1126 1126 4% 54% 6% 36% 100%
Gender
Female 588 585 4% 47% 7% 42% 100%
Male 538 541 5% 61% 5% 29% 100%
Age
18-24 87 119 4% 44% 11% 41% 100%
25-49 508 464 4% 51% 8% 38% 100%
50-64 278 276 5% 51% 4% 40% 100%
65+ 253 266 5% 65% 3% 27% 100%
SEG
AB 266 268 5% 58% 7% 30% 100%
C1 339 332 4% 58% 4% 34% 100%
C2 231 236 4% 53% 8% 34% 100%
DE 290 290 4% 44% 5% 46% 100%
Region
London 129 159 7% 54% 6% 32% 100%
Midlands/Wales 350 302 2% 51% 7% 39% 100%
North 285 306 5% 51% 5% 38% 100%
Rest of South 269 262 5% 58% 5% 33% 100%
Scotland 93 96 2% 56% 7% 35% 100%
2019 General Election
Conservative Party 325 317 7% 51% 3% 38% 100%
Labour Party 258 261 4% 68% 5% 24% 100%
Liberal Democrats 87 87 4% 66% 3% 28% 100%
2016 Brexit referendum
Leave 425 423 6% 53% 5% 36% 100%
Remain 409 406 4% 65% 5% 26% 100%

Details

  • Client: GB News
  • Fieldwork Period: February 2, 2023
  • Sampling Method: Online
  • Population Sampled: All adults (18+) in Great Britain
  • Sample Size: 1,126
  • Data Collection: The data is acquired from a panel provider offering participants the chance to win money. The sampling relies on an online quota approach. Specifically, participants are sampled to meet Office of National Statistics quotas for gender, age, region, socio-economic group, vote in the 2019 general election, and vote in the 2016 Brexit referendum. No criteria are used to over- or undersample respondents. To ensure the polling is representative of the target population, we use official and reliable data sources to match the sample to demographic population targets.
  • Weighting: The sample has been weighted to be representative of the population on the following variables: gender, age, socio-economic group, region, vote in the 2019 General Elections and 2016 Brexit referendum vote.