 Immediately prior to the vote, Ipsos MORI data showed that Europe was the third most highly ranked problem by Britons who were asked to name the most important issues facing the country, with 32% of respondents naming it as an issue.Lord Ashcroft's election day poll of 12,369 voters also discovered that 'One third (33%) [of leave voters] said the main reason was that leaving "offered the best chance for the UK to regain control over immigration and its own borders.It is a common misconception that the UK allows free movement of citizens of other member states of the European Union because it has access to the European Single Market, but in fact, the UK was one of the few member states that maintained its borders and is the reason border checks are still carried out when entering or leaving the country.