One third of white Brits do not have any ethnic minority friends, survey finds

A new survey has found that over a third of white Britons does not have a single friend from an ethnic minority background.

The YouGov survey of 1,630 adults looked into the diversity of friendship circles in Britain and found 35% of white Brits had no ethnic minority friends.

YouGov said that the results are down to factors including ethnic minority populations being concentrated in smaller areas, with white Londoners much more likely to have friends from other backgrounds.

The survey also found politics proving to be a red line for many, with just 8% of Remain voters and 14% of Leave voters saying half of their friends take an opposing view.

However, the survey also found that Remainers are more likely than Leavers to surround themselves with people who voted the same way in the Brexit referendum.

Just over a quarter (25%) of Remain voters have no friends who want to see the UK leave the European Union, compared to 18% of Leave voters that are not friends with anyone who wants the country to stay in the EU.

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And Labour voters are more likely to have friendship groups that are made up of politically similar people than Tory voters.

Over a third (35%) of 2017 Labour voters say that most or all of their friends are Labour supporters, with 16% having no Conservative-supporting friends at all.

However, just 15% of 2017 Conservative voters say that most or all of their friends are Conservative supporters, with 11% saying none of their friends support Labour.

Professor Miles Hewstone wrote in a recent article for the BBC that having diverse groups of friends can stimulate creativity and encourage greater open-mindedness.