The result will come as a boost for leave campaigners like Nigel Farage (Picture: Wenn)

Support for leaving the European Union is hardening according to a new opinion polls.

Two ICM polls for The Guardian – one telephone, the other conducted online – put Leave on 53 per cent, six points ahead of Remain on 47 per cent, if ‘don’t knows’ are excluded.

EU referendum: How should I vote?Meanwhile a poll for YouGov/The Times shows a seven-point gap with 39 per cent voting remain, 46 per cent saying leave, and 11 per cent voting ‘don’t know’.

That compares with a 52 per cent to 48 per cent split in favour of Leave reported by ICM two weeks ago.


The findings will increase concerns in the Remain camp that their message is not getting through – particularly among traditional Labour voters who are said to be strongly leaning to Leave.



ICM Unlimited interviewed 1,000 adults by telephone between June 10 and 13. ICM separately interviewed 2,001 adults aged 18 and over online on the same dates.

YouGov/The Times interviewed 1,905 British adults between June 12 and June 13