HALF of people in Somerset think we would be better off economically in Europe - and a majority want to stick with the Single Market.

A new Brexit survey shows 51% of County Gazette readers believe Britain will be better off economically inside Europe, while 57% 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.

In Taunton Deane, 52.9% voted to Leave, with 52.6% voting to Leave across the south west region. 

Among Leave voters who took part in the poll of 1,000 County Gazette website readers, 7% think Britain is better off economically in Europe, while a fifth of these voters (20%) 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 86% saying Britain is better off economically inside Europe and 87% saying we should continue to be part of the Single Market.

More than three-fifths of those surveyed on the site (62%) 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, 44% are unhappy with the status of negotiations compared to 36% who were happy. More than three-quarters of those who voted Remain (76%) said they were unhappy, compared to 7% who said they were happy.

However, most of those surveyed said they would still stick with how they voted - 86% of Leave voters and 93% 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 29 Remain voters (3%).

The study, run in partnership with Google Surveys, was completed online by 1,000 people who visited the County Gazette website.