Verdicts · Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy referendums: how members voted
Settled referendums
56
since Jun 2026
Votes cast
35,541
all time, on foreign policy
Last week
10,080
votes · 6 referendums settled
Written opinions
1,638
all time, left by voters
Best of each side last week
Most respected on foreign policy in the last 7 days
- JohnMorris19 respects
- HonestCompass6514 respects
- BrightAnchor6315 respects
- TrueHerald9915 respects
How foreign policy results lean
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Voters
Votes each week
10,080 last week
All-time foreign policy highlights
Biggest landslide
YES 91%
Should Andy Burnham meet Donald Trump at the UN?
91% of 1,145 votes went the same way.
Closest result
50 / 50
Should the UK government demand that Israel release detained Gaza hospital director Hussam Abu Safiya?
Dead level — an exact tie.
Most debated
YES 51%
Is rejoining the EU worth an estimated £40 billion a year?
127 written opinions.
Last week
6 settled · 10,080 votes
majority
% voting yes, by leaning
Should the UK lift sanctions on Russian petrol and diesel to bring down fuel prices?
The verdict
Voters rejected lifting Russian fuel sanctions overwhelmingly, and the No case was as much about home remedies as Ukraine: “Fuel duty is over half of the price we pay at the pump. Cut that instead.”
majority
% voting yes, by leaning
Is rejoining the EU worth an estimated £40 billion a year?
The verdict
Yes won only narrowly, and the sharpest No voices barely mentioned money: the most-respected No case held that “Undermining democracy is the most expensive mistake a Govt could make.”
majority
% voting yes, by leaning
Should the UK stop issuing travel visas to Russian citizens?
The verdict
Voters narrowly rejected a visa ban on Russians, with the most-respected No case simply asking for “Case by case basis” judgment, while the Yes side's best-rated warning pointed to Salisbury.
majority
% voting yes, by leaning
Should the UK impose sanctions on Argentina over its pressure on Falklands oil firms?
The verdict
Voters narrowly held back from sanctions, but few No voters closed the door: the debate kept returning to “Not yet”, with sanctions held in reserve if Argentina escalates.
majority
% voting yes, by leaning
Should remittances, money migrants send to family abroad, count as UK foreign aid?
The verdict
Voters comfortably rejected counting remittances as aid, and several No voters were no fans of aid at all: “I am not a supporter of our foreign aid but this is a ridiculous notion”.
majority
% voting yes, by leaning
Should the UK government formally object to the US livestreaming an execution?
The verdict
Yes won comfortably, on the argument that being an ally is no reason to “just nod and agree”. The No side's best-rated lines were short and dismissive, and several of its voters admitted they dislike the idea too.
Every foreign policy verdict
- Should the UK lift sanctions on Russian petrol and diesel to bring down fuel prices?NO 73%1,767 votes · 18 Oct
- Is rejoining the EU worth an estimated £40 billion a year?YES 51%1,657 votes · 17 Oct
- Should the UK stop issuing travel visas to Russian citizens?NO 53%1,649 votes · 17 Oct
- Should the UK impose sanctions on Argentina over its pressure on Falklands oil firms?NO 52%1,653 votes · 15 Oct
- Should remittances, money migrants send to family abroad, count as UK foreign aid?NO 59%1,673 votes · 15 Oct
- Should the UK government formally object to the US livestreaming an execution?YES 55%1,681 votes · 14 Oct
- Was President Trump wrong to strike a diesel deal with Russia?YES 74%1,597 votes · 12 Oct
- Has Donald Trump’s second term been good for the UK?NO 79%1,494 votes · 11 Oct
- Should the UK keep its East Jerusalem consulate open despite Israel’s order to close it?YES 61%1,483 votes · 10 Oct
- Should the UK government support a US military seizure of Iran’s Kharg Island?NO 69%1,455 votes · 6 Oct
- Should the UK suspend foreign aid to countries with the death penalty?YES 52%1,305 votes · 3 Oct
- Should the UK reclaim exclusive control of fishing in its 12‑mile coastal zone?YES 76%1,272 votes · 29 Sept
- Should the UK recognise that the US is no longer a stable ally?NO 50%1,223 votes · 27 Sept
- Should the UK provide £88m in public funding for humanitarian relief and recovery in Gaza?NO 64%1,243 votes · 26 Sept
- Should the UK continue to support Ukraine in its conflict against Russia?YES 68%1,210 votes · 24 Sept
- Should Andy Burnham meet Donald Trump at the UN?YES 91%1,145 votes · 23 Sept
- Should the UK government enter formal talks with Caribbean nations on reparations?NO 90%1,132 votes · 21 Sept
- Should Britain freeze diplomatic relations with countries which make claims on British territory?YES 54%1,072 votes · 20 Sept
- Has Israel committed human rights abuses that would justify UK military action?NO 75%945 votes · 18 Sept
- Should overseas aid be postponed until the UK debt is down to zero?YES 62%693 votes · 10 Sept
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- Should the UK ban all trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank?NO 55%676 votes · 10 Sept
- Should the UK participate in the Belt-and-Road Initiative?NO 70%570 votes · 7 Sept
- Should the UK Chagos Island treaty still go ahead?NO 74%591 votes · 6 Sept
- Should the UK pay reparations to countries from which British slave traders took slaves?NO 91%580 votes · 4 Sept
- Is International Aid a luxury that the UK can no longer afford, given the level of the national debt?YES 67%589 votes · 4 Sept
- Should the UK deepen trade ties and offer Canada tariff relief in response to the US trade war?YES 62%499 votes · 2 Sept
- Is it time to accept that Brexit was a failure and rejoin the EU?NO 59%504 votes · 31 Aug
- Should the UK ban social media platforms where foreign owners manipulate the feed to undermine society?YES 56%498 votes · 31 Aug
- Does the Muslim lobby have too much influence over western policy?YES 67%390 votes · 28 Aug
- With giving Ukraine blueprints for long range missiles, are we slowly creeping towards war with Russia?YES 60%331 votes · 26 Aug
- Do Israel's actions in Gaza amount to genocide?YES 51%295 votes · 25 Aug
- Does the Israel lobby have too much influence over western policy?YES 57%290 votes · 24 Aug
- Should the UK restore foreign aid spending to 0.7% of national income?NO 74%287 votes · 23 Aug
- As the international power balance appears to be shifting away from the USA/west, should UK move closer to China?NO 68%311 votes · 21 Aug
- Should the United Kingdom pursue foreign policy more independently of the United States?YES 73%183 votes · 11 Aug
- Should the Foreign Office give climate change and international development a higher priority?NO 64%153 votes · 5 Aug
- Should Ed Miliband personally lead UK engagement at the World Bank on climate and development?NO 67%135 votes · 29 Jul
- Can Ed Miliband strengthen UK foreign policy as foreign secretary?NO 56%34 votes · 27 Jul
- Should the UK define a long-term strategic approach to a post-conflict Russia?YES 80%93 votes · 22 Jul
- Should the UK impose joint cyber sanctions on Russian state and criminal networks?YES 82%99 votes · 22 Jul
- Should the UK seek closer ties with the EU?YES 61%109 votes · 22 Jul
- Does the Muslim and Jewish debate dominate UK politics too much?YES 80%142 votes · 21 Jul
- Should the UK ban imports from Israeli West Bank settlements?NO 53%64 votes · 16 Jul
- Should the UK impose further sanctions on Russia's FSB and GRU over Turla cyber attacks?YES 74%66 votes · 16 Jul
- Would UK support for further US strikes on Iran risk escalating Middle East conflict?YES 53%106 votes · 15 Jul
- Should the JCPOA have been maintained instead of the ongoing war?YES 63%95 votes · 15 Jul
- Should the UK ban Iran's IRGC and its UK-based proxy over attacks on Jewish sites?YES 72%68 votes · 15 Jul
- Should the UK restore the 0.7% of national income overseas aid target?NO 80%44 votes · 12 Jul
- Should the UK impose further sanctions on Israel and ban trade in goods from illegal settlements?NO 65%34 votes · 11 Jul
- Should Parliament have a veto over political appointments to top diplomatic posts?YES 59%32 votes · 10 Jul
- Should the UK government demand that Israel release detained Gaza hospital director Hussam Abu Safiya?TIED50 votes · 7 Jul
- Should the next UK prime minister devote as much time to foreign affairs as Keir Starmer did?NO 54%46 votes · 6 Jul
- Should the UK continue to support Ukraine?YES 68%65 votes · 5 Jul
- Is Russia a paper tiger?YES 57%58 votes · 5 Jul
- Should the UK still have such emphasis on the transatlantic relationship considering the USA's instability?YES 54%65 votes · 5 Jul
- Should the UK support EU-led talks with Russia over Ukraine?YES 53%40 votes · 25 Jun