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Londoners see themselves as citizens of the city they live in more than as English, British or European, researchers revealed today.

When asked which identity most strongly applied to them, the most common response turns out to be plain “Londoner”.

In the study by Queen Mary University of London, 46 per cent of those surveyed in a YouGov poll of 1,044 adults said “Londoner” was their primary identity. A quarter felt themselves most to be European. Only 17 per cent said British, and just 12 per cent felt English most of all.

Asked to rate how strongly they felt each identity on a scale of zero to 11, Londoner came top with an average score of 7.7, followed by British at 7.4. English scored 6.6 and European ranked bottom at 4.9.

People who voted to leave the European Union felt slightly more British than Londoner, scoring them 7.9 and 7.7. European scored 2.5.

Even young people aged 18-24 were far more likely to see themselves as Londoners than Europeans. They score London at 8, with European put at 5.2.

Dr Javier Sajuria, of the university’s Mile End Institute, said: “London is a place of amazingly diverse communities, but a strong sense of belonging to the city is something that most Londoners have in common, regardless of age, class or political views.

“Most Londoners see themselves as having multiple identities, but they are certainly not Citizens of Nowhere given how strongly they identify with their city.

Views about a European identity are much more polarised than other identities.”