were to be a referendum in Northern Ireland on its future, would you personally prefer Northern Ireland to choose to stay in the UK or leave the UK and join the Republic of Ireland?" The responses revealed that 36% wanted Northern Ireland to stay in the UK, 19% wanted it to join the Republic, 36% had no preference, and 9% were undecided. It further revealed that support for Northern Ireland remaining in the UK was highest among those who intended to vote Conservative (49%) compared to 35% for Labour voters and 31% for Liberal Democrat voters. See also Demography of Northern Ireland Politics of Northern Ireland Irish nationalism Protestant Irish nationalists Scottish independence Welsh independence English independence Northern Irish independence Potential breakup of the United Kingdom References Further reading Geoffrey Bell, Troublesome Business: the Labour Party and the Irish Question. Pluto Press, London 1982. Ronan Fanning, Independent Ireland. Helicon, Dublin, 1983. Bob Rowthorn and Naomi Wayne, Northern Ireland: The Political Economy of Conflict. Polity Press, Cambridge, 1988. Daltún Ó Ceallaigh, Labour, Nationalism and Irish Freedom. Léirmheas, Dublin, 1991. Vincent J. Delacy Ryan, Ireland Restored: The New Self-Determination. Freedom House, New York, 1991. David McKittrick, Through the Minefield. Belfast, Blackstaff Press, 1999. Patrick J. Roche and Brian Barton, The Northern Ireland Question : Nationalism, Unionism and Partition Ashgate, Aldershot, 1999. Catherine O'Donnell, Fianna Fáil, Irish Republicanism and the Northern Ireland Troubles, 1968–2005. Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 2007. Richard Humphreys, Countdown to Unity : Debating Irish Reunification. Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 2008. Kevin Meagher, A United Ireland: Why Unification Is Inevitable and How It Will Come About, Biteback Publishing, 2016. Celtic nationalism Irish republicanism Ireland Northern Ireland peace process Politics of Northern Ireland Politics of the Republic of Ireland Proposed political unions Public policy proposals