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Voting intention of 1975 Economic Community membership balloters in the United Kingdom as of 2015

If you were eligible at the time, how did you vote in the UK European Economic Community membership referendum in 1975?

The data displays past and current voting intention for the original EEC referendum in 1975 in the UK. A large percentage of citizens whom originally voted for a UK separate from the EEC, they still maintain the same stance, although, this number is relatively small when considering the opinions of the orginal “Yes” voters and their current intention, broadly speaking there is an overall 6.1% advantage to the “Yes” voters.

Voted "Yes" in the 1975 referendum 58 32.5 8.8 0.6
Voted "No" in the 1975 referendum 6.1 86.3 7.1 0.5
All respondents 47 40.9 10.7 1.4