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Brexit Campaign Wins! The UK Votes To Leave The European Union

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The United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union, a result that has sent shockwaves around the world.

Leave won 51.9% of the total vote to Remain’s 48.1% after the final count. Turnout in the referendum was 72.2%, or 46,500,001 people.

Despite an on-the-day poll predicting a win for Remain, Leave voters turned out in droves in order to take the UK out of the EU.

The Leave campaign swept up millions of votes across the north of England, the Midlands, the South East and Wales.

Remain votes in Scotland and London were not enough to hold back the Brexit tide.

Bretix: Remain supporters and Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron, Liberal Democrat Leader Tim Farron and Labour MP Harriet Harman listen to Green Party leader Natalie Bennett speak at a Remain in the EU campaign event. |Dylan Martinez / Reuters
Bretix: Remain supporters and Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron, Liberal Democrat Leader Tim Farron and Labour MP Harriet Harman listen to Green Party leader Natalie Bennett speak at a Remain in the EU campaign event. |Dylan Martinez / Reuters

Nigel Farage hailed the victory for the Brexit campaign as having been achieved “without a single bullet being fired”.

The future of David Cameron as prime minister is hanging in the balance.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is also under pressure after many traditional Labour heartlands defied the party’s call to vote Remain and instead backed Brexit.

The Brexit vote will not only likely cause political chaos in the EU, but calls into question the very future of the UK as a united country.

European Council President Donald Tusk, right, and British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, spearheaded negotiations for the U.K.’s new proposed terms of EU membership. | Euranetplus
European Council President Donald Tusk, right, and British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, spearheaded negotiations for the U.K.’s new proposed terms of EU membership. | Euranetplus

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has said that the Brexit vote “makes clear that the people of Scotland see their future as part of the European Union” – hinting she will push for a second Scottish independence referendum.

At a Leave.EU party in London, Farage described June 23 as the UK’s “Independence Day”.

He said: “This will be a victory for real people, a victory for ordinary people, a victory for decent people. We will have done it without having to fight, without a single bullet being fired.”

Gisela Stuart, the leading Labour Brexiteer, said the market turmoil that followed the Brexit vote was an “overreaction” and “hysteria”.

“It’s a surprise, given that the might of the government money and everything else was thrown at us,” she told the BBC of the result.

The night began with a YouGov on-the-day poll predicting a narrow win for Remain, prompting Farage to practically concede defeat.

The Ukip leader even suggested the Government’s extension of the deadline for registering to vote carried the day for Remain.

But as results poured in, it became clear the ‘Leave’ campaign was outperforming ‘Remain’.

Shortly after 4.30am, BBC News, ITV and Sky News all declared victory for the Brexit campaign.

As the first results came in, it became clear that Leave was doing better than expected in key areas.

In Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Leave picked up 49.3 per cent of the vote (63,598) – indicating a strong showing for Brexiters in the North-East.

This was confirmed when 61.3 per cent of voters (82,394) in Sunderland voted for Leave.

Key areas of Lincoln, Coventry and Watford all backed Brexit, while Scotland and London came out for Remain.

The two sides were neck and neck until about 3.30am, when Leave pushed ahead.

Large areas such as Sheffield – the home of former Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg’s constituency – backed Leave (13,018 against 130,735).

Doncaster – where Ed Miliband’s parliamentary seat is located – also backed Brexit, with a huge 69 per cent (104,260) voting for Leave.

Other towns and cities to back Leave include Milton Keynes, Basildon, Barnsley, Bolton, Colchester, and Chelmsford.

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