British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy was one again proved to be close to and in line with the prevailing mood and popular sentiments of the country after evidence emerged in a survey published Tuesday that Britons are more concerned with controlling immigration than maintaining access to the single market.

The poll was conducted by Survation Ltd for ITV plc.

The poll found that compared to losing the trade benefits of remaining with the European Union, over half of adults polled cite an influx of foreigners as more worrisome. This finding assumes more significance when it is put into perspective with Britain’s preparation to exit the European Union.

The British Prime Minister, Teresa May also found support for her manner of handling of the Brexit issue and the impending divorce with the EU in the survey as fifty-eight percent of respondents said that they approve May’s handling of the divorce. Those not agreeing with May’s efforts totaled only a quarter of the respondents polled.

May has apparently been planning to prioritize migration controls into the U.K. over access to the single market in Brexit negotiations and the findings of the survey provide cover for her this plan.

While the rest of the country except the City of London is more worried about that the growing numbers of workers from overseas are snatching jobs and are pushing down wages, the City of London is dismayed at the prospect of losing its financial services privileges if there is a hard Bresit – where the U.K. looses what is described as the passporting rights to the economic bloc.

The U.K. government has already pledged to get number of people migrating into the country to below 100,000 and high levels of migration have frequently been touted as one of the key reasons behind the June 23 referendum result.

Analysts have noted that May seems far more preoccupied with implementing the wish of the voting majority than protecting the interests of the banking world as she has an eye at consolidating her grip on power with an election down the line.

The survey also found that the desire of the British people to leave the European Union did not seem to even have been dented by the plunging pound which has lost 18 percent of its value since the Brexit vote. The survey surprisingly found out that compared with 46 percent who would vote “Remain”, the number of Britons who would vote to leave the EU should another referendum take place now is more as 47 percent of respondents would vote “Leave”. 7 percent of the respondents said that they were undecided and the race was thus still tight.

May’s read of what Britons want are not favored by all of the surveys of the public opinion. The balance tipped in favor of single market access rather than immigration limits found a poll released last week for example. Both polls show a nation divided either way,

(Adapted from Bloomberg)