A recent YouGov poll found that British adults overwhelmingly want to see cousin marriage made illegal, with one important (and unsurprising) exception: A large percentage Pakistani and Bangladeshi residents want it to remain legal.

Do you want cousin marriage in your country???

47% of Pakistanis and Bangladeshis in the UK think cousin marriage should be illegal. I’ve found no polls on this from Pakistan and Bangladesh, but we can assume the response would be different there.

People on the website still claim immigrants don’t assimilate. https://t.co/UySPFFOyXB

— The Alex Nowrasteh (@AlexNowrasteh) May 30, 2025