Verdicts · Immigration
Immigration referendums: how members voted
Settled referendums
64
since Jun 2026
Votes cast
33,602
all time, on immigration
Last week
3,481
votes · 2 referendums settled
Written opinions
1,478
all time, left by voters
Best of each side last week
Most respected on immigration in the last 7 days
Left
- AlexanderC4 respects
- CalmVoter213 respects
Centre
- JustFactsNotBeliefs7 respects
- BenL6 respects
Right
- PalatinusAugusti8 respects
- Glasses7 respects
How immigration results lean
This week—Last weekC. RightAll timeC. RightMost active regions last week
Voters
South East209
Scotland142
South West140
London127
North West126
Yorkshire120
East of England114
West Midlands92
East Midlands75
North East60
Wales48
Northern Ireland21
Votes each week
3,481 last week
1,92524 Aug
2,21831 Aug
3,3827 Sept
4,86914 Sept
2,49321 Sept
4,03628 Sept
6,2275 Oct
3,48112 Oct
All-time immigration highlights
Biggest landslide
YES 91%
Should delivery firms, like Uber Eats, face bigger fines over couriers working in the UK illegally?
91% of 1,125 votes went the same way.
Closest result
NO 51%
Was the Gosport Section 34 dispersal order during the migrant arrival justified?
Decided by 2 points.
Most debated
YES 68%
Should affluent communities share responsibility for housing asylum seekers?
102 written opinions.
Last week
2 settled · 3,481 votes
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Yes
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27% No
Votes1,793
Skipped19
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Should the UK stop issuing visas to all Eritreans until Eritrea takes back failed asylum seekers?
The verdict
Yes won overwhelmingly, with its most-respected voice finding it “extraordinary that this doesn’t happen already”, while the best No case replied that the Home Office had already hit the regime and spared ordinary Eritreans.
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No
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47% Yes
Votes1,688
Skipped13
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Should the UK suspend its asylum system for up to five years?
The verdict
Voters narrowly rejected suspending asylum, though the Yes side kept bidding the pause upward: “Make it ten and you're on.” Many No voters said they wanted reform, just not a freeze.
Every immigration verdict
- Should the UK stop issuing visas to all Eritreans until Eritrea takes back failed asylum seekers?YES 73%1,793 votes · 19 Oct
- Should the UK suspend its asylum system for up to five years?NO 53%1,688 votes · 14 Oct
- Should the UK introduce border checks with Ireland over migration concerns?NO 60%1,621 votes · 12 Oct
- Should there be a full public inquiry into small boat crossings?YES 51%1,565 votes · 10 Oct
- Should affluent communities share responsibility for housing asylum seekers?YES 68%1,522 votes · 8 Oct
- Was the Gosport Section 34 dispersal order during the migrant arrival justified?NO 51%1,519 votes · 7 Oct
- Should immigrants be required to adapt to British culture and practices, rather than expect change?YES 72%1,396 votes · 5 Oct
- Is the definition of ‘British national’ too ambiguous, varying with personal beliefs?YES 55%1,276 votes · 30 Sept
- Should the United Kingdom provide safe and legal routes for Afghan and Palestinian women and girls to resettle here?YES 53%1,364 votes · 30 Sept
- Should the UK have tougher immigration laws?YES 78%1,281 votes · 28 Sept
- Should indefinite leave to remain be abolished?YES 61%1,212 votes · 27 Sept
- Should delivery firms, like Uber Eats, face bigger fines over couriers working in the UK illegally?YES 91%1,125 votes · 21 Sept
- Should illegally entering the UK disqualify you from claiming refugee status?YES 71%963 votes · 18 Sept
- Should the UK government reconsider the Rwanda Scheme?YES 58%974 votes · 18 Sept
- Is the UK-France "one in, one out" migrant deal value for taxpayers money?NO 83%908 votes · 17 Sept
- Should maximum prison sentences for illegal entry into the UK be increased beyond 4 years?YES 58%899 votes · 16 Sept
- Should the RNLI be prohibited from launching to rescue people in migrant small boats, even when tasked by HM Coastguard?NO 62%754 votes · 12 Sept
- Have migrants improved the UK's public services more than they have strained them?NO 61%712 votes · 11 Sept
- Is the UN justified in criticising the UK over weaknesses in its asylum system that lead to asylum being granted to people who shouldn’t receive it?YES 90%678 votes · 9 Sept
- Should all irregular arrivals claiming asylum be held in secure facilities prior to processing?YES 85%627 votes · 8 Sept
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- Is Nigel Farage right to call the masked anti-migrant protest at Dover disgusting?YES 53%611 votes · 8 Sept
- Should Parliament transfer ongoing power over immigration policy to direct citizen votes?NO 60%568 votes · 5 Sept
- Should employers be required to advertise jobs to British nationals for 28 days before recruiting overseas?YES 78%573 votes · 5 Sept
- Should asylum seekers be allowed to work whilst their claims are being considered?NO 60%578 votes · 4 Sept
- Should the UK keep paying France to stop small boat crossings?NO 63%499 votes · 1 Sept
- Should immigration levels be reduced?YES 75%502 votes · 31 Aug
- Is the government misleading the public on asylum seeker accommodation when it says hotel numbers have halved?YES 66%445 votes · 30 Aug
- Should the Refugee Convention be replaced with a new agreement?YES 73%336 votes · 26 Aug
- Would it be a problem if white British people became a minority in the UK?YES 69%332 votes · 26 Aug
- Should indefinite leave to remain be abolished?YES 59%310 votes · 25 Aug
- Should foreign nationals, including EU citizens, be barred from most UK benefits?YES 70%293 votes · 24 Aug
- Does the Home Office’s decision to issue asylum seekers with guidance on rape and sexual consent amount to an admission of a specific public-safety risk to women in the UK?YES 72%321 votes · 22 Aug
- Does the government actually have any intention of stopping the boats?NO 66%309 votes · 21 Aug
- Should homeless UK citizens be prioritised over illegal migrants for interim housing in former armed services properties?YES 82%272 votes · 17 Aug
- Should UK leave ECHR and withdraw UN Refugee Conventions?YES 57%265 votes · 16 Aug
- Should the government hold a binding referendum on capping net migration?YES 58%246 votes · 15 Aug
- Projections estimate decline of share White British from ~73% (2025) to ~57% in 2050, should we try to stop it?YES 57%245 votes · 15 Aug
- Should a UK ICE force be formed?YES 58%251 votes · 14 Aug
- Should all non UK citizens, excluding family visa holders, who cannot financially support themselves be deported?YES 67%200 votes · 12 Aug
- Is net migration the main cause of the issues around services in the UK?YES 54%199 votes · 12 Aug
- Should migrants be banned from claiming social welfare?YES 69%181 votes · 11 Aug
- Is Rupert Lowe right that mass migration is the core driver of grooming gang scandals?YES 53%180 votes · 10 Aug
- Should the UK use the navy to stop small boat crossings?YES 60%176 votes · 8 Aug
- When granting citizenship, should the UK enforce to drop all other citizenships by a new citizen?NO 58%151 votes · 6 Aug
- If the proportion of the white population has dropped from 90% in 2010 to c70% now, is it time to reverse immigration?YES 57%138 votes · 3 Aug
- Should the UK government reduce net migration below current record levels?YES 73%142 votes · 3 Aug
- Should Spain use its Army to stop the migrant invasions?YES 83%144 votes · 1 Aug
- Should we put navy gun boats in the channel?YES 57%148 votes · 31 Jul
- Should a foreign worker such as a plumber be allowed to go bankrupt before leaving the UK?NO 81%161 votes · 30 Jul
- Should any non-citizen immigrant ever be eligible to receive state benefits such as housing, money, education or NHS?NO 61%110 votes · 26 Jul
- Should Andy Burnham reform UK immigration rules to make them more welcoming to skilled workers?YES 59%128 votes · 24 Jul
- Should we deport foreign nationals convicted of any imprisonable offence within 5 years of arrival?YES 84%210 votes · 19 Jul
- Should Lewisham Council ban cooperation with the Home Office on immigration raids?NO 79%71 votes · 18 Jul
- Should UK-born children of Graduate route visa holders be allowed to apply as dependants?NO 57%65 votes · 16 Jul
- Should the UK resume the refugee family reunion route?NO 63%63 votes · 14 Jul
- Should right-to-work checks be expanded to gig economy workers and subcontractors?YES 67%49 votes · 13 Jul
- Should the UK change the law to allow deportation of the Rochdale grooming gang ringleader?YES 78%45 votes · 10 Jul
- Should integration tests be required before granting indefinite leave to remain to UK immigrants?YES 64%64 votes · 4 Jul
- Does Islam need a reformation to truly be able to integrate in Britain?YES 71%31 votes · 4 Jul
- Should members of the public decide asylum appeals instead of immigration judges?NO 71%21 votes · 1 Jul
- Should the UK create new capped safe and legal asylum routes sponsored by universities and businesses?NO 55%11 votes · 28 Jun
- Does immigration deliver a net benefit to the NHS?NO 62%26 votes · 28 Jun
- Should Shabana Mahmood be removed as home secretary and her asylum policies scrapped?NO 62%21 votes · 28 Jun
- Should the UK introduce tougher immigration measures to reduce net migration?YES 56%34 votes · 27 Jun