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Half of all people who took part in an online poll by Cornwall Live said they would support Nigel Farage’s new Brexit Party in the upcoming European Elections.

We posted a story on Tuesday to gauge reaction from the public in Cornwall. While the results are hardly representative of Cornwall, they do give a flavour of current thinking.

Way ahead of any other parties was the newly-formed Brexit Party, which is pushing to ensure that the UK will leave the EU. Of the 677 people who took part in the vote, 342 or 51% said they favoured the party.

As it stands, the UK will leave on October 31 anyway, although the future is far from certain giving the political crisis around Brexit.

We asked if you be voting in the EU elections. Of the 777 people who answered the question, 721 or 89% said they would take part while 56, 7% said they would no. There were also 29 people, 4% who were undecided.

Also new to the political landscape is Change UK, which as a party was formed by pro-European politicians who defected from the Conservatives and Labour. This party fared poorly in our poll, coming behind the Greens and Liberal Democrats.

By contrast, the Conservatives and Labour did even worse.

Here are the results:

Who would you vote for?

Brexit Party : 342, 51%

Change UK : 58, 9%

Conservative : 7, 1%

English Democrat : 1, 0%

Green : 105, 16%

Labour : 39, 6%

Liberal Democrat : 101, 15%

Independentcandidates : 2, 0%

UKIP : 22, 3%

The EU parliamentary elections will be held on Thursday, May 23.

Devon and Cornwall fall within the European electoral area of South West England. This also includes Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Bristol, Gloucestershire and Gibraltar.

This area returns six Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on a proportional representation system. Instead of voting for individual candidates, people vote for a party instead. Each party will then win a number of seats based on the proportion of votes their party receives.

All the main parties are fielding six potential candidates, hoping they will take all six seats.

Who is standing this year?

Remember, the vote is for the party and not the individual. Candidates are selected from left to right and up to six in total will win seats.

Brexit Party : Ann Widdecombe, James Glancy, Christina Jordan, Ann Tarr, Roger Lane-Nott, Nicola Darke

Change UK : Rachel Johnson, Oliver Middleton, Matthew Hooberman, Elizabeth-Anne Sewell, Crispin Hunt

Conservative : Ashley Fox, James Mustoe, Faye Purbrick, Claire Hiscott, James Taghdissian, Emmline Owens

English Democrat : Jenny Knight, Michael Blundell

Green : Molly Scott Cato, Cleo Lake, Carla Denyer, Tom Scott, Martin Dimery, Karen La Borde

Labour : Clare Moody, Andrew Adonis, Jayne Kirkham, Neil Guild, Yvonne Atkinson, Sadik Al-Hassan

Liberal Democrat : Caroline Voaden, Martin Horwood, Stephen Williams, Eleanor Rylance, David Chalmers, Luke Stagnetto

Independent : Larch Maxey

Independent : Mothiur Rahman