EU Referendum: UK Votes Leave Prompting PM's Resignation

Friday, 24 June 2016 06:51

The UK has voted to leave in the historic EU referendum with results locally backing the national trend. The PM David Cameron has announced he is to step down in October.

The blame game continues with the news that two Labour MPs Margaret Hodge and Ann Coffey have submitted a motion of no confidence in Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Voters in Yorkshire and Humber largely voted in favour of leaving the EU – Sheffield became the first major city to declare a victory for leave campaigners with 51% of the vote but Leeds had voted to remain also by a narrow margin, with 50.3% wanting to stay in.

Leave also won in Bradford, Wakefield, Calderdale and Kirklees but remain was the preferred option for Harrogate and York.

Across the Pennines Manchester voted to remain with 60.4% (121,823 votes cast) of the vote.

There was disappointment in Scotland as last night’s results have led to some in Scotland to call for a re-run of the independence referendum with all 32 council regions in Scotland backing remain.

Results for the Region:

Area	Turnout	Remain %	Leave%
Barnsley	69.9%	31.7%	68.3%
Bradford	66.7%	45.7%	54.3%
Calderdale	71.1%	44.3%	55.7%
Craven	81.0%	47.2%	52.8%
Doncaster	69.6%	31.0%	69.0%
East Riding	74.8%	39.6%	60.4%
Hambleton	78.4%	46.3%	53.7%
Harrogate	78.9%	51.0%	49.0%
Hull	62.9%	32.4%	67.6%
Kirklees	70.8%	45.3%	54.7%
Leeds	71.4%	50.3%	49.7%
North East Lincolnshire	67.9%	30.1%	69.9%
North Lincolnshire	71.9%	33.7%	66.3%
Richmondshire	75.2%	43.2%	56.8%
Rotherham	69.6%	32.1%	67.9%
Ryedale	Coming soon	44.7%	55.3%
Scarborough	73.0%	38.0%	62.0%
Selby	79.1%	40.8%	59.2%
Sheffield	67.3%	49.0%	51.0%
Wakefield	71.2%	33.7%	66.3%
York	70.7%	58.0%	42.0%

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