In a devastating snapshot of public opinion two thirds of voters say they want the country to “move on” and leave the bloc now. And they are urging both Leave and Remain MPs to back the Prime Minister’s deal – hammered out during a dramatic 24 hours in Brussels – in a crunch parliamentary vote on Saturday. In a further sign that the public is fed up with the Brexit deadlock the ComRes poll showed that nearly half of Remainers how agree that Mr Johnson’s agreement means it is time to leave the EU. Overall, some 40 per cent of voters said they support Mr Johnson’s deal compared to 31 per cent who don’t.

The comprehensive survey, which was carried out today, also showed that almost nine in ten (85 per cent) future Conservative voters support the new Brexit deal, as do more than half of Brexit Party voters (54 per cent), approaching one in five Lib Dem voters (17 per cent) and one in ten Labour voters (13 per cent).

Two thirds of 2016 Leavers say they support Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal (66 per cent), as do one in five 2016 Remainers (19 per cent).

Asked whether having got this far in the process, MPs on both the Leave and Remain sides need to compromise more than ever to back a deal in order for the country to move on a resounding 65 per cent said they agreed.

Only 20 per cent said they didn’t agreed.

Nearly nine in ten 2016 Leavers (85 per cent) and, strikingly, half of 2016 Remainers (48 per cent) agree that all MPs need to compromise to back the deal.

Asked if that even though a Brexit deal may be in sight, the UK should still stay in the EU 40 per cent said they agreed while 48 disagreed.

More people said they are more optimistic about the UK’s future now that a Brexit deal has been agreed with the EU.

Almost half (43 per cent) of voters said they feel more optimistic compared to 33 per cent who said they didn’t agree with the statement.

Furthermore, the ComRes Survey shows the British public have no appetite for another Brexit referendum.

Approaching half of voters support leaving the EU without a further referendum on the proposed Brexit deal (45 per cent), compared to two in five who oppose it (38 per cent) and approaching one in five who don’t know (16 per cent).

Four in five future Conservative voters say they support leaving the EU without a further referendum on the proposed Brexit deal (82 per cent), as do a similar proportion of Brexit Party voters (81 per cent).

Three in five future Labour voters oppose leaving the EU without a further referendum on the proposed Brexit deal (62 per cent), as do three quarters of Lib Dem voters (76 cent).

Of all the options offered in a referendum on the proposed deal, options to accept the deal or stay in the EU is the most popular with two in five saying they support this (39 per cent) but nearly half saying they oppose (45 per cent).

Two in five (43 per cent) of British adults say that they would vote for the proposed Brexit deal if it was put to the public in a referendum, compared to a third (32 per cent) who would vote against. Around one in twenty (6 per cent) say they would not vote, while a further one in five (18 per cent) are undecided.

More than half (54 per cent) of 2016 Leavers would vote for the deal if put to a referendum, while one in five of them (22 per cent) would vote against.

This is in comparison to just over a third (36 per cent) of 2016 Remainers who would vote for the deal if put to a referendum, while just under half (48 per cent) would vote against.

The poll also showed that only one in ten (11 per cent) of people think that the law passed by Parliament preventing the UK from leaving on the 31st October without a deal has made the UK’s negotiating position stronger, almost four times fewer than those who think it has made the UK’s negotiating position weaker (41 per cent).

Tory Brexiteer Michael Fabricant said: “This poll is still more evidence that people want Brexit done with.

“Jeremy Corbyn and the vast majority of MPs who always resisted the outcome of the referendum three years ago had better understand that their continual opposition to the will of the people will do them no good at the ballot box. People want this done with and nobody will thank MPs who try to thwart Brexit.”

Andrew Bridgen, the Conservative MP for North West Leicestershire, said: “This simply confirms exactly what MPs know in their hearts that constituents want Brexit done.

“There is clearly no appetite for another divisive referendum that will only open wounds that have not yet fully healed.

“I only hope that all MPs bare this in mind when they vote on Saturday.”

ComRes surveyed 1,016 British adults on 17th October 2019. Data were weighted to be demographically representative of all British adults. 

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