European Union membership - trends
Q If there were a referendum now on whether Britain should stay in or get out of the European Union, how would you vote?
| Base: |
All |
All expressing an opinion |
| |
Stay in
|
Get out
|
Don't
know |
Stay in
|
Get out
|
| |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
| October 1977† |
47 |
42 |
11 |
53 |
47 |
24 May 1978†
|
43
|
48
|
9
|
47
|
53
|
| 29 March 1979† |
32 |
60 |
8 |
35 |
65 |
| March 1980† |
26 |
65 |
8
|
29 |
71 |
19-23 March 1981†
|
33
|
58
|
9
|
36
|
64
|
| March 1983† |
36 |
55 |
9 |
40 |
60 |
7-8 June 1984†
|
45
|
44
|
11
|
51
|
49
|
| 12-16 September 1987† |
47 |
39 |
13 |
55 |
45 |
1989†
|
60
|
29
|
11
|
67
|
33
|
| November 1990† |
62 |
28 |
9 |
68 |
32 |
21 June 1991†
|
63
|
27
|
10
|
70
|
30
|
| 4-5 December 1991‡ |
60 |
29 |
11 |
67 |
33 |
5-6 June 1992‡
|
52
|
35
|
13
|
60
|
40
|
10-13 June 1992*
|
53
|
32
|
16
|
62
|
38
|
| 21-25 October 1993* |
46 |
39 |
15 |
54 |
46 |
| 11-30 April 1994 |
52 |
36 |
12 |
59 |
41 |
| 23-26 May 1996** |
44 |
39 |
17 |
53 |
47 |
| 27-29 November 1996** |
44 |
40 |
16 |
52 |
48 |
| 15 April 1997** |
40 |
40 |
19 |
50 |
50 |
| 25-28 April 1997 |
44 |
41 |
15 |
52 |
48 |
| 2-3 October 1997** |
44 |
37 |
19 |
54 |
46 |
| 13-14 November 1997** |
49 |
35 |
16 |
58 |
42 |
| 25-30 June 1998** |
47 |
40 |
13 |
54 |
46 |
| 21-24 May 1999 |
44 |
39 |
17 |
53 |
47 |
| 10-11 June 1999 |
41 |
37 |
22 |
53 |
47 |
| 13-14 October 1999 |
51 |
41 |
8 |
55 |
45 |
27-29 October 1999
|
42
|
45
|
13
|
48
|
52
|
| 22-27 June 2000 |
53 |
32 |
15 |
62 |
38 |
| 29-30 September 2000 |
43 |
46 |
11 |
48 |
52 |
| 24-25 November 2000 |
49 |
44 |
7 |
53 |
47 |
| 15-21 March 2001 |
39 |
42 |
19 |
48 |
52 |
| 30 April -1 May 2001 |
48 |
43 |
9 |
53 |
47 |
| 22 May 2001 |
43 |
41 |
16 |
51 |
49 |
| 20-22 June 2003 |
49 |
41 |
10 |
54 |
46 |
| 20-22 September 2007 |
51 |
39 |
10 |
56 |
44 |
22-24 October 2011
|
41 |
49
|
10
|
46
|
54
|
10-13 November 2012
|
44 |
48
|
8
|
48 |
52
|
†Asked as "...stay in or get out of the Common Market..."
‡Asked as "I would like to ask you about Britain's role in the European Community. If there were a referendum now on whether Britain should stay in or get out of the European Community, how would you vote?"
*Asked as "...stay in or get out of the European Community (Common Market)..."
**Asked as "...stay in or get out of the European Union (Common Market)..."
Base: c. 500-2,000 GB adults aged 18+ except 1981 (Base: 1,990 GB adults aged 15+)
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