Millions did not vote in favour of the UK withdrawing from the ECHR - Full Fact

Andrea Jenkyns MP claims millions have voted to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights. This is not correct. Millions voted to leave the EU but the ECHR is an entirely separate entity.

following an intervention by the European Court of Human Rights which is used to uphold the ECHR.

A Community Note has since been added to Ms Jenkyns’ original tweet pointing out that “millions voted to leave the EU” in 2016, and “the EU is not the same thing as the ECtHR”. We have been unable to find any evidence that supports the claim that millions have voted in favour of withdrawing from the ECHR.found 55% of respondents were in favour of remaining under the ECHR. A total of 23% said Britain should withdraw from the convention and a similar number reported being unsure.

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