NEW analysis published over the weekend claims a number of parliamentary constituencies have switched support for Brexit.
The analysis by 'consumer insights' firm Focaldata, commissioned by anti-Brexit groups Hope Not Hate and Best for Britain, and published in The Observer on Sunday, says two of these constituencies are in Dorset.
Data analysis of a poll of more than 15,000 people, taken either side of the Government’s Chequers deal, suggests that if a new Referendum was held today 53 per cent of the British public would vote to stay in the European Union, as opposed to 47 per cent who would still want to leave, Focaldata claims.
The data comes only weeks after the British Social Attitudes Survey, carried out each year by the National Centre for Social Research, found support for Brexit has risen since the referendum.
The same survey also found that the national view of immigration was more positive than ever.
Overall, the data suggested 112 constituencies had switched from Leave to Remain.
Dorset constituencies voted to Leave in the referendum of 2016.
But now, Bournemouth East and Poole are included in the data as having switched from Leave to Remain.
In Bournemouth East, the data puts 53.3 per cent as Remain now, with 46.7 per cent Leave.
In 2016, the figures were Leave 53.5 per cent and Remain 46.5 per cent.
The second Dorset constituency said to have switched is Poole.
By a narrow margin, the figures show 50.3 per cent Remain and 49.7 per cent Leave.
In 2016 it was 56.9 per cent Leave and 43.1 Remain.
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