Claim: 12% of the electorate voted for no deal in the 2019 EU parliamentary elections, not one third of the country.
Fact-check: Did one third of voters support a no deal Brexit at the EU elections? - Full Fact
Verdict: one third of votes cast were for parties that support a no deal brexit. but as turnout was 37%, this amounts to 13% of eligible voters voting for a party that supports no deal. not all people who voted for no deal-supporting parties necessarily prefer a no deal brexit themselves, though.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joël Reland
Date published: 2019-05-31T00:00:00