June will mark the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum political earthquake when the UK voted by 52% to 48% to leave the European Union
A majority of Brits would vote to reverse Brexit almost 10 years since voters first decided to leave the European Union, a poll has found.
Nearly three in five respondents (59%) said they would back re-joining the European Union in a new Brexit referendum, according to the survey by Deltapoll.
It comes ahead of the 10th anniversary of the EU referendum political earthquake on June 23 when the UK voted by 52% to 48% to leave the bloc. The result triggered the resignation of the then-Tory Prime Minister David Cameron and dogged Theresa May ’s premiership until her departure from No10 in 2019.
Since Labour ’s election victory in July 2024, Keir Starmer has attempted to reset relations with the EU that were at rock-bottom after years of fractious negotiations of the UK’s exit from the bloc.
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The Deltapoll survey also follows increasing tensions with Donald Trump ’s White House over the war in Iran and as he began negotiations to join the EU’s £78 billion (€90bn) loan scheme for Ukraine.
The US President has lashed out at allies for refusing to join his war with Tehran, and renewed his threats to withdraw from Nato in recent weeks. Mr Trump said he would pull 5,000 troops from Germany – its largest European base – after clashing with Chancellor Friedrich Mertz.
In a veiled swipe at the US, Keir Starmer told the European Political Summit this week: “We cannot deny that some of the alliances that we have come to rely on are not in the place we would want them to be. There is more tension in the alliances than there should be and it’s very important that we therefore face up to this as a group of countries together.”
Mr Starmer told reporters that Europe must step up commitments to defence and security. He said: “We work very closely with the US on all issues to do with defence and security and intelligence. We have done for many years, and we do so every day.
“It’s in our national interest to be closer to Europe,” he said. “And whether that’s the EU loan scheme, which we are discussing with them, that’s of great benefit to Ukraine, but it’s also a great benefit to the United Kingdom as well, in terms of the jobs that it will create in the United Kingdom. So the benefit there outweighs the cost.”
Deltapoll interviewed 3,353 British adults online between 26th April and 1st May 2026, including 1,012 respondents in Wales and 1,041 respondents in Scotland. The data have been weighted to be representative of the British adult population as a whole.