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Revealed: The Premier League fanbase most in favour of Brexit...and the fans who regret their vote
Chelsea fans are the supporters most likely to have voted Leave in the EU referendum, according to the results of a new study that surveyed followers of Premier League clubs.
Almost two-thirds of Chelsea fans, 62%, supported the campaign to withdraw Britain from the European Union, with 57% of Tottenham and Everton fans also Leavers.
Of the Chelsea fans who voted Leave, 52% named immigration as the main reason why they were persuaded to vote in favour. Spurs fans are the Premier League's most indecisive - with 59% of those surveyed regretting their original voting decision.
Brighton and Hove Albion, home of Britain's first constituency to return a Green MP, was the Premier League fanbase with the most ardent Remain supporters - with a convincing 81% voting to stay in Europe.
Arsenal and Liverpool are also home to Remain majorities, as well as Manchester United and perhaps more surpisingly, Stoke City and Burnley.
One bizarre result was a Merseyside divide on the issue, with Everton and Liverpool fans differing wildly despite their geographical proximity.
Online football site, AskFans, carried out the study in a bid to gain further insight into how the demographic of football fans changes from team to team. For the purposes of the study, 4,680 UK-based adults aged 18 or over were quizzed.
All participants were supporters of one of the 20 teams in the Premier League and were spread evenly across each team.
Initially all participants were asked ‘Did you vote to leave or remain in the EU on the 23rd of June 2016?’
The results in full
- Chelsea – 61% voted leave, 39% voted remain
- Everton – 57% voted leave, 43% voted remain
- Tottenham – 57% voted leave, 43% voted remain
- West Brom– 56% voted leave, 44% voted remain
- Newcastle – 52% voted leave, 48% voted remain
- Huddersfield – 52% voted leave, 48% voted remain
- Man City – 50% voted leave, 50% voted remain
- Crystal Palace – 46% voted leave, 54% voted remain
- Swansea City – 42% voted leave, 58% voted remain
- Stoke City – 40% voted leave, 60% voted remain
- Man United – 38% voted leave, 62% voted remain
- Burnley – 37% voted leave, 63% voted remain
- West Ham – 37% voted leave, 63% voted remain
- Watford – 34% voted leave, 66% voted remain
- Arsenal – 34% voted leave, 66% voted remain
- Southampton – 31% voted leave, 69% voted remain
- Leicester – 29% voted leave, 71% voted remain
- Bournemouth – 27% voted leave, 73% voted remain
- Liverpool – 23% voted leave, 77% voted remain
- Brighton – 19% voted leave, 81% voted remain