More than 80 per cent of 16 to 24-year-olds would vote to rejoin the EU, poll shows

The age group who were unable to vote in the Brexit referendum overwhelmingly want to rejoin the EU

The poll, which was conducted by Savanta for the Peston programme on ITV, showed that the younger demographic overwhelmingly want to rejoin the EU.

Only 17 per cent of those polled in the 16 to 24-year-old age group said they would vote to stay outside the EU, compared to a whopping 83 per cent who said they would vote to rejoin.

This age group were too young to vote when the Brexit referendum took place in 2016, which saw Leave win the vote by 52 per cent, compared to 48 per cent who voted to Remain.

Keir Starmer recently declared the government were looking for “deeper economic integration” with Europe.

“My message today is the United Kingdom is ready. We see the imperative. We see the urgency. We want to work together to lead a generational shift in defence industrial co-operation. Now this includes looking again at closer economic alignment," he told the Munich Security Conference.

“We are already aligned with the single market in some areas to drive down the prices of food and energy. We are trusted partners, and as the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves) said this week, deeper economic integration is in all of our interests.

“So we must look at where we could move closer to the single market in other sectors as well, where that would work for both sides.

“The prize here is greater security, stronger growth for the United Kingdom and the EU, which will fuel increased defence spending, and the chance to place the UK at the centre of a wave of European industrial renewal.

“I understand the politics very well. It will mean trade-offs. But the status quo is not fit for purpose, and to me there’s no question where the national interest lies, and I will always fight for what’s best for my country.”

It comes after a polling expert declared that the Leave majority has 'literally died out'.

YouGov founder Peter Kellner carried out research concluding that there is likely a pro-EU majority of around 8 million.

In the 2016 referendum, the Leave vote won by 1.3 million votes.

Writing in the New European, Kellner said more than 6 million Britons have passed away.

Mentioning recent talk in Westminster around closening ties with the EU, Kellner wrote: "What should we make of this? Let us start with the basic fact that the pro-Brexit majority in 2016 has gone. It has literally died out."

Using voter turnout and demographic statistics from the referendum, Kellner said it could be assumed that 5 million of those who have died voted in the referendum.

Of this 5 million, some 3.2 million will have voted Leave.

He wrote: "This means that among people who are alive today and who voted in the 2016 referendum, remainers exceed leavers by 14.3-14.2 million."