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Wales Online
Wales Online
Politics
Martin Shipton

Public opinion in Wales decisively swings against Brexit

Public opinion in Wales has decisively swung against Brexit, a major opinion poll has shown, with the number of people regretting the decision to leave the EU outnumbering supporters in all 40 of the nation's constituencies.

The finding comes from a Britain-wide poll that found there was only one seat in the whole of the mainland - Boston and Skegness in Lincolnshire - that still has more Leave supporters than those who think Brexit was a mistake. The poll, from Focaldata, involved collecting data from 10,009 respondents between December 12 and December 16 2022.

Its findings reflect a significant change from the referendum in 2016 that resulted in Brexit. At that time, the people of Wales voted by 52.5% to 47.5% to leave the EU, with a majority favouring Brexit in 17 of the 22 Welsh local authority areas. You can see the full EU referendum results map for Wales here.

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