The Labour Party has lost more Remain voters than it has Leave voters in the last six months, statistics have revealed.

According to figures analysed by a polling and election blog, the Labour Party has lost 19% of Remain supporters in the last six months, a fall from 49% of the national Remain vote down to 30%.

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While the party has lost a huge percentage of the national Remain vote, having previously had the support of almost half the UK’s pro-EU voters, it has seen a smaller fall in its support among Leavers.

Support from Leave voters for the party has declined by 13%, from 25% in January 2019 to 12% in June.

Speaking to Scram, Ell Smith, who runs the blog Stats for Lefties, said that these results show the need for Labour to back a second referendum. Smith explained:

“Winning a general election without Leavers is difficult for Labour, but winning without Remainers is impossible. Remainers have shown that are far more willing to walk away from Labour over the issue of Brexit, and Labour must win them back.”

Meanwhile, the number of Remain voters supporting the Liberal Democrats has increased from 15% to 34% in the same period, while 47% of Leave voters have flocked to the newly formed Brexit Party.

Smith added that the increase in the Liberal Democrat’s vote is part due too Labour’s lack of action on Brexit.

The Conservative Party’s share of the Remain vote has decreased from 25% to 14%, with its percentage of the Leave vote also falling from 54% to 27%.

Smith added: “Labour should unambiguously support a second referendum with an option to Remain, in which Labour will campaign for remaining in the EU.

“This is both the right thing to do in principle and the electorally pragmatic thing to do.”