Cross-Party Support For Fox Hunting Ban
New polling published today (Monday) reveals that the majority of Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat supporters back the continued ban on fox hunting.
The poll, by Ipsos MORI, shows that nearly twice as many Tory supporters favour the ban as want it repealed. More than six out of 10 (62%) say that fox hunting should NOT be made legal again, with just one in three (33%) saying it should be (five per cent say they do not know).
Over eight in 10 (83%) of Labour supporters are against fox hunting being legalised, compared to 13% in favour. Just three per cent say they do not know.
Three quarters (77%) of Liberal Democrat voters are against repeal, against 19% in favour – with the undecideds at five per cent.
Among the general public as a whole, three in four (75%) support the ban on fox hunting remaining, and only 21% want repeal. Over eight in 10 (84%) think the ban on deer hunting should stay in place. A similar number – 85% – think hare coursing and hunting should remain illegal.
In rural communities, support for the ban is also high. Seven in 10 (72%) want to see foxhunting remain illegal, whilst 82% think deer hunting should continue to be banned and 86% support the ban on hare hunting and coursing.
Robbie Marsland, UK Director of IFAW, said: “It is clear that the vast majority of British people, regardless of their political affiliation, find hunting repugnant”…
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