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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Daniel Boffey, Bethan McKernan, Severin Carrell and Sammy Gecsoyler

‘Absolute nightmare’: Brexit bellwether constituencies revisited 10 years on

Composite image shows David Milne in a navy jacket stands with one foot on a yellow bollard at a harbour, with boats behind him. In one corner is a torn union flag and the other a torn EU flag
David Milne voted leave to try to save the UK fishing industry – to have more say over what happened in our waters. ‘We was promised that, but that hasn’t happened,’ he says. Composite: Guardian Design

The Guardian has revisited five bellwether constituencies we reported on during the 2016 EU referendum campaign, and asked those we spoke to at the time how they now feel about Brexit a decade on from the vote.

Torridge and West Devon. Voted leave by 57.0%

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