You may not realise, but West Yorkshire has been at the heart of British politics in the Brexit era.
Jo Coxâs brutal murder here put quiet Birstall, in Batley, at the centre of national attention during the 2016 referendum campaign
It is also home to several marginal seats, many of which voted leave and some of which have changed hands dramatically in recent years, such as Tory arch-Brexiteer Andrea Jenkyns taking Morley and Outwood from Labourâs then-shadow chancellor Ed Balls in 2015.
Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn both launched their election manifestos here in 2017 â the prime minister in Halifax and the Labour leader in Bradford.
The towns of West Yorkshire are seen as leave-voting, mainly Labour heartlands that could swing the other way under Corbynâs leadership.
As part the HuffPostâs Listens series, we spoke to voters in the area who are split on Brexit but unanimously unhappy, and almost every single one is scathing about MPsâ inflation-busting 2.7% pay rise.
âIâd agree with a referendum on the final dealâ
Neil OâGrady, who works in Lloyds bank in Halifax (58% Leave), is happy to leave the EU with no deal if it comes to it, describing economic warnings as âscaremongeringâ.
He wants May to âkick some backsides, to put it in a good blunt Yorkshire wayâ and get a better deal from the EU, but he remains sceptical.
âGet on and finish it. Itâs just dragged on for far too long, the country voted, make it happen, itâs pretty simple.
âI would leave without a deal if it came to it, just cut those ties. Iâve not got the confidence that the deal sheâll end up getting will be the Brexit people want, I think there will still be too many ties back to Europe, the idea of Brexit is to break those ties, of course.â
On the pay rise
Like many voters, Neil thinks MPs do not deserve a wage boost when Brexit remains unresolved.
âHappy days for them isnât it. Not very good, given the job that theyâre doing currently.
âIf I was doing a similarly bad job, I wouldnât get a pay rise.â
âIt fills me with horrorâ
Judith Wright, also from Halifax, thinks May âdeserves some supportâ and is âdoing the best job she can under very difficult circumstancesâ.
âIt fills me with horror, I want to get them all in a room and bang their heads together because itâs not the governmentâs choice, it was the peopleâs choice and regardless they should be able to sort it out,â she says.
On MPsâ pay rise
âMaybe it should be deferred until theyâve sorted out Brexit.â
âTheyâve not given us much informationâ
Rebecca Foster has recently moved from remain-voting Leeds to leave-voting Halifax, and her experience of the divides in the county are obvious to see, as she reveals she still does not know how she would vote in a second referendum.
âI donât think theyâve given us much information, especially for my generation, Iâm 26 and learning from people my age, theyâre the same as me, theyâre still the same as me, theyâre not sure which way theyâd vote.
âMy group of friends, we arenât sure, we feel like we just donât want to vote because weâll be scared of the side effects which way it went.â
On MPsâ pay rise
âI donât think they deserve a pay rise, personally. I donât think that should happen.
âNot now anyway, not while we donât know whatâs happening, why should they get a pay rise for something thatâs not happening right now - nothing of this makes sense at all.
âIt just baffles a little bit. Please just sort it out so we know whatâs going on.â
âI think thereâll be a realignment of partiesâ
Oliver Morton, in Halifax, believes the referendum result must be fulfilled, suggesting the hit to faith in democracy could be greater than the economic impact of no deal.
âThereâs obviously a lot of unknowns with no deal but at the same time itâs delivering whatâs been voted for.
âItâs always a worry isnât it, but people try to put a price on economic uncertainty, saying itâs going to damage the economy, itâs going to cause a lot of risk, at the same time flip it on its head and say whatâs the economic impact of not delivering the democratic will of the people?â
On MPsâ pay rise
Oliver is the only voter we speak to in West Yorkshire who defends the increase.
âTheir salaries are probably index-linked and their salaries are probably justified, I have to say.
âIf you want to maintain a stable, democratic system youâve got to pay them a sensible amount of money.
âIf you donât pay them a sensible amount of money they are open to probably some illegal, illicit ... how do I put it? Theyâd want to supplement their income with other means.â
âI think itâs serving a very limited vested interestâ
Carl Gottowick and Patricia Foley, in Birstall (60% Leave in Batley and Spen), believes Brexit will only deliver for the elites.
Patricia describes her feelings about the entire enterprise as âlies, deceit, Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Nigel Farage getting dual citizenship for his children but saying itâs a good idea to be out of Europeâ.
And Carl picks up on media reports about ardent Brexiteer Rees-Mogg setting up a fund in Ireland, although the Tory MP denies it has anything to do with Brexit.
âThe people who are in charge who want it are jumping ship, making sure theyâre safe, moving their assets to Ireland in Jacob Rees-Moggâs case,â he says.
âWhy would he do that if he actually believed? I think itâs vested interests and a very limited vested interest this is serving, not the vast majority.â
On MPsâ pay rise
Patricia says: âEverybody else has to do without anyway. I canât understand that.
âHow do they think people are living? I used to volunteer at a food bank not long ago, there is another world out there.
âThatâs disgusting, not impressed.â
Carl says: âA lot of the MPs have got quite lucrative second incomes.
âThey say the captains of industry get a lot more money than an MP does but the MPs have all got sidelines.â
âNo-one gets everything they wantâ
Charles and Diane Creek, in Morley (59% Leave), want MPs to âget their act together, stop squabbling between themselvesâ and back Mayâs deal to end the âchaosâ in Westminster.
Charles says: âIn my opinion theyâve got a deal, itâs not a perfect deal, but itâs been negotiations and the thing with negotiations is no-one gets everything they want.
âItâs there, take it, get on with it. Letâs get some trade deals in place and letâs start going forward and get the country back to being sensible instead of being at war with itself.â
On MPsâ pay rise
Charles says: âWell, if they didnât get it theyâd only do it through their expenses some more.
âAnd we all know theyâre hypocrites - weâre all in this together except they want more money than everybody else.
âPersonally I think, ours included - overpaid lobby fodder. Turn up, vote where theyâre told to, go home.
âOr go to their second home or go to whichever of their homes they can get tax relief on. Politics is broken.â
Diane adds: âIt is, it is.â
Constituency referendum vote figures are taken from estimates by Professor Chris Hanretty at East Anglia University. The HuffPost Listenâs Brexit tour of the north continues in Leeds.