Clacton voters have given their verdict on Brexit on the fifth anniversary of the UK’s exit from the EU.

Nigel Farage’s Essex constituency recorded one of the highest leave votes in the country with almost 70% opting to split from Brussels.

Most people the Daily Express spoke to on the high street ahead of January 31 said they had voted to get out of the EU in the 2016 referendum.

Many cited Britain’s independence as the biggest benefit, but were unhappy that immigration has not been brought down.

Some also raised fears that Brexit could be unpicked by the Labour Government.

Asked how happy she was with Brexit, Carol said: “Part of the way, not all the way. I’m not happy with what’s in now, Starmer. When Nigel and Boris Johnson did it we were happy. But now he’s trying to put us back in.

The 78-year-old from Saint Osyth added: “If we had another vote I would definitely vote to stay out.”

John Button, 95, expressed fears that the UK is being dragged back into the EU’s orbit.

said: “There seems to be a move to bring us back in by stealth which I’m against. I’m very strongly for Brexit.”

He said he would vote for Brexit again and that the biggest win was the “sense of pride” in the country.

John Ramsey, 68, Holland-on-Sea, voted to leave but said “nothing seems to have changed” and that immigration “seems to have got worse”.

On if he would vote the same way again, he added: “Yes because in the end I think we’re better on our own.”

The 68-year-old added that he had “a lot” of concerns about Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, saying: “He’s terrible, he’ll just want to give the country away.”

Mark, 54, from Kirby Cross, said he thinks the way the UK’s exit from the EU has ben handled has been “a joke”.

“We’re not out of Europe properly, nothing’s changed, immigration has not changed. We’ve had 1,000 people over here already in January come off the dinghies.”

Leave voter William Smith said he had mixed feelings about how Brexit has gone.

The 76-year-old, from Frinton-on-Sea, said: “Half and half, some good and some not so good.

“We were promised all sorts of things. We were told that the money we were paying into Brexit is going into the NHS.”

On what the biggest benefit was, he said: “The fact that we’ve got our own independence and we’re not controlled by an external committee or group.”

Emily, 21, was too young to vote in the 2016 referendum but said she would have likely opted to remain in the bloc.

She said: “I think for there to be a true democracy in the country the public as a whole need to be well informed on everything going on. So I think although the vote went ahead and we got the result we did, it wasn’t a true democracy because we didn’t have all the facts at the time.”

Chris Barrett, 62, and his wife Sarah, 54, from Jaywick criticised the Tories’ handling of Brexit.

“I don’t think the Conservatives have done their job correctly in how they’ve organised the leave. Nigel Farage is fantastic and I think the sooner we get him behind the doors of Number 10 the better,” Mr Barrett said.

Mrs Barrett added: “Brexit will happen properly then for this country.”