Blog: The Farage Paradox part II: Support for EU membership at highest level since 1991

Report of the Ipsos MORI Political Monitor, October 2014, which showed that support for EU membership was the highest for 23 years in the United Kingdom, even as UKIP rose in the polls.

Polling from Ipsos MORI shows the majority of Britons would vote to stay in the European Union in a referendum, indicating the highest support for British membership since 1991, before the signing of the Maastricht Treaty which officially renamed the ‘European Community’ the ‘European Union’. Some 56% would vote to stay in the European Union, compared with 36% who would vote to get out; eight percent answer that they do not know how they would vote. This translates to 61% support for Britain’s EU membership and 39% opposing after excluding ‘don’t knows’. This is the highest support since December 1991, when 60% said they would vote to stay in the European Community and 29% wanted to get out.

• Primary Source

IPSOS MORI: Polls and Publications: Research Archive: Poll, 22.10.14: Support for EU membership highest for 23 years, even as UKIP rises in the polls. Ipsos MORI Political Monitor - October 2014 https://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/researcharchive/3463/Support-for-EU-membership-highest-for-23-years-even-as-UKIP-rises-in-the-polls.aspx

EUObserver, 23.10.14: Poll shows UK support for EU at 20-year high http://euobserver.com/news/126208

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