With the referendum on whether the UK should stay in the European Union fast-approaching, the people of Weston-super-Mare voiced their opinion on the topic.

While Weston MP John Penrose has pledged his allegiance to the ‘in’ campaign, North Somerset’s MP Liam Fox wants ‘out’ but the MP for Wells, James Heappey, is still undecided over which way to vote.

A Mercury survey earlier this month revealed the majority of people in Weston would prefer for the UK to leave the European Union, with 63 per cent stating that they planned to vote ‘out’ and 57 of voters in North Somerset agreed.

On Streetlife, the debate continued along a similar theme, with many suggesting leaving the EU would make for a more democratic society.

Starting the thread, Robert B said: “Our MP John Penrose is going to vote to stay in this club to which 72 per cent of our laws are made from Brussels.

“My mum and dad did note vote for this back in 1973 and we pay £55million per day. If we pull out, look at what we could do with that money.”

He posed a poll of his own, to which 70 per cent of people indicated they wanted ‘out’ of the union.

Frank P said: “I want our laws made by an elected Parliament not by an unelected foreign Parliament.”

Bryan M agreed. He said: “The EU Parliament can and does make laws which are forced on us, which we cannot cancel or change and have no say in accepting. This is wrong.

“Now on June 23 we will have our opportunity to have the say so long denied us as a nation.”

Pauleen P took issue with the Prime Minister, who is leading the campaign for the UK to stay in the EU. She said: “I am bemused by David Cameron’s position.

“He said in December that if he could not get the deal he wanted he would head the Brexit campaign.

“He didn’t get the deal but is now telling us the world will end if we leave. What happened to his saying he would vote out if not good enough deal?”

On the Mercury’s Facebook page, Alison Tucker said: “If we want to see real change in the UK and have the Great put back into Great Britain then we must vote out.

“We managed before and we’ll manage again.”

Some, however, claimed more information needed to be provided before they could cast their votes.

Matthew Delong said: “I need to be able to understand pros and cons in plain English, not in politics talk.”