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~ The pro-Brexiters already vote heavily for the Tories.
~ You have completely ignored UKIP, which was the party that ran second to Labour in its heartland. Even the most pro-Brexit areas of the North and Midlands are more likely to vote UKIP than Tory.
Those previously Labour areas were very Brexit, they felt the Labour Party was out of step with them for arguing for Remain. Some of our local Northern MPs have had death threats even.
It's early yet, if there was a general election in the next month (ignoring the chaos around us) I fear the result would be repeated but I think the economic situation in a year's time will start to tell. We still have a huge deficit to pay down and investment is going to be diverted or delayed and company HQ's may start being shifted overseas so I think the "honour the result" element in the two big parties will start to reduce.
There is (right now) a sizeable rump of about 38% of Brexit support that say they would vote the same in a new referendum, no matter the financial consequences but like I said before - you only know that when you;ve lost your job or are working less hours because production has largely shifted to mainland Europe.
Interesting page of poll results here.
A third of voters think Brexit won't happen - poll - BBC News