Nearly half of Brits want UK to stay in the ECHR

NEARLY half of the British public support staying in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), almost twice the proportion who say the UK should leave the treaty, new polling has suggested.

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A survey conducted by Savanta for Amnesty International asked 2,099 adults in the UK their position on the ECHR as it marks its 75th anniversary and found more respondents backed remaining in the convention.

The poll comes as political debate surrounds the ECHR in relation to immigration cases, including calls to quit it by the Conservatives and Reform UK.

Some 1,009 (48%) of respondents believed the UK should continue to be a member of the convention while 538 (26%) said the UK should withdraw, according to the poll seen by the PA news agency. A further 552 people (26%) answered “don't know”.