Voters in 623 of 632 constituencies support new gambling tax to reduce child poverty, research shows

38 Degrees commissioned polling from Survation to look at public attitudes around scrapping the two child benefit limit, funded by a new tax on gambling companies. 

Survation surveyed 8,546 members of the public, asking:

To what extent, if at all, would you support or oppose an increase in taxes on gambling companies if the money was used to reduce child poverty? (Support/neither support nor oppose/oppose/don’t know).

In October 2025, Survation conducted a constituency level MRP analysis of the results. 

Key findings:

• On average, 64% of people said they support the proposal, with only 14% opposing.
• In almost every constituency, there is majority support for this proposal: only nine constituencies have support which is lower than 50% (623 out of 632 constituencies).
• Even in those nine constituencies, more people support the proposal than oppose it.
• In 187 constituencies, more than two thirds (66.66%) of people support it
• In almost every constituency, fewer than one in five people oppose it: the figure is below 20% opposing it all but five constituencies (627 out of 632)
• Ceredigion Preseli was the constituency with the highest level of support, with 79.52%, or four in five people supporting the plan. 
• Support for the proposal rose amongst older voters, with 75% of those aged 65+ supporting the proposal 
• Support amongst Lab ‘24 voters was at 70% and 73% amongst ‘24 Lib Dem voters.

Full data is available here.