UK would vote remain by 12% margin - YouGov poll

Britain would vote to stay in the European Union by a 12% margin in a second referendum, revealed a new poll by YouGov taken on 16 January.

The results of the poll were distributed by the People’s Vote campaign which want a second vote to revert Brexit.

"The Remain lead, 12%, is the highest yet," Peter Kellner, former president of YouGov told The People’s Vote campaign.

Out of 1070 adults, the poll showed 48% would vote remain, 38% would vote leave, 6% would not vote and 7 % did not know how they would vote.

The poll found that voters do not support either of the Brexit outcomes proposed by some MPs: maintaining a customs union with the EU or agreeing a Norway-style deal (staying in the EU single market).

Kellner said: “Now that MPs have rejected the withdrawal agreement so decisively, other compromise options have been suggested: “Norway Plus" or a customs union-only deal. Both receive a clear thumbs-down from voters. In both cases, they are rejected as bad ideas both by Remain and Leave voters.

“Again, the poll has a strong message for Jeremy Corbyn: Labour voters back a new public vote by 78-22%. The poll suggests that fewer than one in four voters oppose a fresh referendum on the grounds that it would be a rerun of the 2016 vote: just 22% in the case of a Remain versus government deal referendum, 23% in the case of a Remain versus no deal referendum.”