Revealed: Brexit voting areas have seen faster growth in foreign workers since EU referendum
Summary
Since the Brexit vote in 2016, areas that supported leaving the EU have seen a faster rise in foreign workers compared to areas that voted to remain. However, many Leave-supporting areas have also become more deprived in health, housing, and services, showing slower improvement or decline compared to Remain areas.Key Facts
- Foreign workers grew fastest by percentage in strong Leave-voting areas because they started with fewer foreign workers.
- In places like Wigan, the share of foreign workers has doubled since 2016.
- Overall, Remain-voting areas still have higher numbers of foreign workers in absolute terms.
- Migration to the UK increased especially with health and care workers until around early 2023 but has since fallen.
- Areas that voted Remain, often large cities, showed bigger improvements in health, housing, and local services between 2015 and 2025.
- Leave-voting areas have generally become more deprived over the same period.
- The changes in foreign worker numbers and deprivation are separate trends and immigration has had limited effects on wages and jobs for UK-born people.
- Data used includes government employment and deprivation statistics combined with 2016 referendum voting results.
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