Nearly half of people in Coventry think we would be better off economically if we stayed in Europe - and a majority want to stick with the Single Market.

A new Brexit survey shows 47 per cent of CoventryLive readers believe Britain will be better off economically inside Europe.

As well as this, 52 per cent said Britain should continue to be part of the single European market.

The figures show a split between those who voted Leave and those who
voted Remain in the referendum.

Theresa May in Brussels for Brexit talks
Theresa May in Brussels for Brexit talks

How did Coventry vote for Brexit?

Coventry joined the rest of the country in voting to leave the EU.

The city polled 85,097 Leave votes and 67,967 for Remain in a turnout of 69 per cent at yesterday’s historic referendum.

Majority unhappy with negotiations

Among Leave voters, six per cent think Britain is better off economically in Europe, while nearly a quarter of these voters (23 per cent) think we should continue to be part of the Single Market.

Remain voters are, unsurprisingly, much more likely to think continuing close ties with Europe is a good idea, with 87 per cent saying Britain is better off economically inside Europe and 81 per cent saying we should continue to be part of the Single Market.

Three-fifths of those surveyed on the site (60 per cent) said they were not
happy with the status of Brexit negotiations at the moment, with just a fifth (19 per cent) saying they were happy (the rest weren't sure.

Regardless of how those surveyed voted in the referendum, they were more likely to be unhappy than happy with the way negotiations are going.

Among those who said they voted Leave, 45 per cent are unhappy with the status of negotiations compared to 30 per cent who were happy.

More than three-quarters of those who voted Remain (74 per cent) said they were unhappy, compared to nine per cent who said they were happy.

Would you vote differently?

However, most of those surveyed said they would still stick with how
they voted - 84 per cent of Leave voters and 93 per cent of Remain voters.

Leave voters were more likely to say they would not vote in the same way
now, with one in 12 Leave voters saying they'd act differently (eight per cent) compared to one in 27 Remain voters (four per cent).

The study, run in partnership with Google Surveys, was completed
online by 1,300 people who visited the Coventry Live website.

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