Half of people in Swindon think we would be better off economically in Europe - and a majority want to stick with the single market.

A new Brexit survey shows 49 per cent of Swindon Advertiser readers believe Britain will be better off economically inside Europe, and 54 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. Among Leave voters, nine per cent think Britain is better off economically in Europe, while nearly a quarter of these voters (23%) 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 81 per cent saying Britain is better off economically inside Europe and the same amount saying we should continue to be part of the single market.

Nearly three-fifths of those surveyed on the site (57%)said they were not happy with the status of Brexit negotiations at the moment, with just a fifth (20%) 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, 42 per cent are unhappy with the status of negotiations compared to 33 per cent who were happy. More than two thirds of those who voted Remain (70%) said they were unhappy, compared to 10 per cent who said they were happy.

However, most of those surveyed said they would still stick with how they voted - 84 per cent of Leave voters and 91 per cent of Remain voters. Leave voters were more likely to say they would not vote in the same way now, with one in 13 Leave voters saying they’d act differently (8%) compared to one in 19 Remain voters (5%).

The study, run in partnership with Google Surveys, was completed online by 2,000 people who visited the Swindon Advertiser website.