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InternationalEnded 30 Jun

Would you still vote Brexit today?

Yes 55%No 45%64 votes cast

The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020 following the 2016 referendum, with the transition period ending on 31 December 2020. Trade between the UK and EU now operates under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which has led to new customs checks and regulatory differences for businesses. Polling since 2021 shows fluctuating public views on whether the benefits of leaving outweigh the costs in areas like trade and regulation.

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By 35 votes to 29, this chamber said it would still back Brexit today, a 10-point margin thin enough to count as a genuine toss-up rather than a verdict. On raw numbers it reads as continuity with the 52-48 country of 2016, but the coalition behind it looks nothing like the one that voted Leave a decade ago.

The age pattern is the story, and it is inverted. Under-25s broke hard against Brexit, just 5 of 14 still backing it, while the small clutch of 65-and-overs voted 3-0 the same way — the generation that carried Leave to victory in 2016 the only one here to reject it outright now. The enthusiasm sat instead in the middle, with 25-44s the most Brexit-friendly cohort by some distance, 26 of 40 votes yes.

Gender told a smaller, gentler story: women here were somewhat more pro-Brexit than men, 63% against 55%, a narrower version of the age-driven pattern rather than a fault line of its own. Neither split, though, rivals the generational reversal, which cuts against the usual assumption that Brexit sentiment simply hardens with age.

A decade on from the referendum that defined British politics, this vote suggests the coalition for Leave has not so much shrunk as swapped its base.

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Yes · 35 votes
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No · 29 votes
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