Many voters in South Holland and The Deepings have a strong leaning towards the UK leaving the European Union and believe immigration has had a bad cultural impact, new research has found.
The report published last week was based on the 2015 British Election Study, which interviewed about 30,000 people in May and June 2014.
Respondents were asked: “If there was a referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union, how do you think you would vote?”
South Holland and The Deepings emerged seventh highest for supporting an EU exit, with around 70 per cent. It was one place behind Boston and Skegness – tipped to become a UKIP seat next year.
The report also estimated opinion on the cultural impact of immigration, asking: “Do you think that immigration undermines or enriches Britain’s cultural life?”
This constituency rated it two out of seven. Only Boston and Skegness and Castle Point (Essex) were below South Holland and The Deepings.
The Constituency Opinion and Representation in Britain report was written by Durham University quantitative social research lecturer Nick Vivyan and Chris Hanretty, a reader in politics at University of East Anglia.
