online opt-in
JPJL Partners
Sex Matters poll results March 2026 · Feb 28, 2026 – Mar 2026 · UK national
Methodology
- Pollster
- JL Partners commercial
- Sponsor
- Sex Matters
- Commissioned by
- Sex Matters
- Fielded
- Feb 28, 2026 – Mar 2026
- Population
- adults
- Sample size
- 1,500
- Sample frame
- online opt-in
- Mode
- online
- Margin of error
- +/-2.5 percentage points (whole sample, as stated in the tables)
- Weighting
- nationally representative sample of UK adults; weighted N and unweighted N both reported as 1,500 in the tables
- Geography
- UK national
Sources
Verification note. Figures read from the JL Partners crosstab PDF. The PDF's column alignment is degraded by text extraction, so only whole-sample and gender columns were transcribed, and each was cross-checked against percentages quoted in the Sex Matters write-up (workplace toilets 78%, park/pub toilets 81%, showers/changing rooms at work 86%, 'use whichever they prefer' 20-21% for toilets and 18-19% for changing rooms, male 'sex at birth' almost half). Party ('2024 vote') columns exist in the tables but could not be read reliably and were not transcribed.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (7)
preference for single-sex vs mixed-sex provision: Changing rooms in gyms and leisure centres
For each of the following, do you prefer them to be single sex or mixed sex? Changing rooms in gyms and leisure centres
Single sex
84%
Mixed sex
10%
Unsure
7%
Wording notes: grid item | asks about the respondent's own preference, not directly about transgender people
neutral — a plain preference item with symmetric alternatives; no transgender framing precedes it
Subgroup figures (2)
preference for single-sex vs mixed-sex provision: Changing rooms and showers at work
For each of the following, do you prefer them to be single sex or mixed sex? Changing rooms and showers at work
Single sex
86%
Mixed sex
8%
Unsure
6%
Wording notes: grid item | asks about the respondent's own preference, not directly about transgender people
neutral — a plain preference item with symmetric alternatives; no transgender framing precedes it
Subgroup figures (2)
preference for single-sex vs mixed-sex provision: Public toilets, for example in parks
For each of the following, do you prefer them to be single sex or mixed sex? Public toilets, for example in parks
Single sex
81%
Mixed sex
13%
Unsure
6%
Wording notes: grid item | asks about the respondent's own preference, not directly about transgender people
neutral — a plain preference item with symmetric alternatives; no transgender framing precedes it
Subgroup figures (2)
preference for single-sex vs mixed-sex provision: Workplace toilets
For each of the following, do you prefer them to be single sex or mixed sex? Workplace toilets
Single sex
78%
Mixed sex
14%
Unsure
8%
Wording notes: grid item | asks about the respondent's own preference, not directly about transgender people
neutral — a plain preference item with symmetric alternatives; no transgender framing precedes it
Subgroup figures (2)
preference for single-sex vs mixed-sex provision: Toilets in a pub or entertainment venue
For each of the following, do you prefer them to be single sex or mixed sex? Toilets in a pub or entertainment venue
Single sex
81%
Mixed sex
13%
Unsure
7%
Wording notes: grid item | asks about the respondent's own preference, not directly about transgender people
neutral — a plain preference item with symmetric alternatives; no transgender framing precedes it
Subgroup figures (2)
how transgender people should be accommodated in toilets at work
A transgender person is someone who says they are the other sex, that is, a person born male who identifies as a woman, or a person born female who identifies as a man
How do you think transgender people should be accommodated in toilets... at work
They should use the facilities of their sex at birth
34%
They should not use facilities for the opposite sex but there should be an alternative
33%
They should be allowed to use whichever facilities they prefer
21%
Unsure
12%
Wording notes: preamble defines a transgender person as 'someone who says they are the other sex' | one option is phrased as 'facilities for the opposite sex', which presupposes birth sex
tilts_restrictive — the preamble's 'someone who says they are the other sex' casts the identity as a claim rather than a status, and two of the three substantive options are restrictive while only one is permissive
Subgroup figures (8)
how transgender people should be accommodated in changing rooms and showers at work
A transgender person is someone who says they are the other sex, that is, a person born male who identifies as a woman, or a person born female who identifies as a man
How do you think transgender people should be accommodated in changing rooms and showers... at work
They should not use facilities for the opposite sex but there should be an alternative
35%
They should use the facilities of their sex at birth
35%
They should be allowed to use whichever facilities they prefer
19%
Unsure
11%
Wording notes: same preamble and option set as the toilets item
tilts_restrictive — as with the toilets item, two restrictive options against one permissive one
Subgroup figures (8)