BBC Daily Politics Show Poll

The BBC Daily Politics Show commissioned Populus to conduct a survey on people’s political attitudes including their attitudes to the EU.

The key results relating to the EU are shown in the table below. They show:

• An overwhelming majority in favour of a referendum on the Reform Treaty.
• A large majority in favour limiting Britain’s involvement in Europe to trading in a common market.
• A very large majority saying that the issue of Europe was important in the way they would vote at the next election.

Question 1: Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?

	We should have a referendum on the EU constitutional treaty (%)	Britain's involvement in Europe should be limited to trading in a common market (%)	The issue of Europe is important in the way that I will vote at the next election (%)
Agree	73	62	67
Disagree	19	33	29
Don't know	8	6	4
Balance*	54	29	38

* Agree minus Disagree.

Download the full Daily Politics Show/Populus poll

Technical note: These polls were conducted by Populus on behalf of the BBC. The fieldwork, on 1010 respondents, was conducted on 10-11 October 2007.