Labour supporters want an EU referendum, latest poll finds

A recent poll has found that 45% of Labour supporters are for a referendum on the EU, with 36% against it.

The polling conducted by YouGov for think tank British Future between 14th and 15th September also found that when looked at in terms of the electorate as a whole 57%  of people are in favour of a referendum and only 23% are against.

YouGov said that when asked, 52% of those who took part in the polls largely believed that those politicians who didn’t want a referendum felt that way because they thought “it would not give them the result they wanted” – the number of Labour supporters who felt the same way wasn’t far off this proportion, at 46%.

This comes after growing pressure from trade unions – most notably Unite and GMB – for the Labour leadership to pledge a EU referendum because they worry that not doing so could have a negative impact come next May.

What’s more, with the total number of MPs defecting from the Tories to UKIP in the past month reaching three today, it would seem that the atmosphere around the EU question is growing more tense.

Despite these growing pressures, and Cameron’s pledge to hold one if the Tories win in May, Miliband has so far remained resolute in his stance – ruling out an EU referendum vote in the next Parliament – unless there’s a significant transfer of power to Brussels…