Meningsmåling: 74% af englændere imod åbne grænser for Rumænien og Bulgarien pr. 1/1 2014

Mr Syke's poll, which was carried out by YouGov, found 74 per cent of people polled in his home county of Yorkshire rejected the lifting of border restrictions from the beginning of January.

Only 15 per cent of 1,013 people polled supported the change to border controls while the remaining 11 per cent said they did not know.