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Alternative Vote Referendum 2011 Analysis of results RESEARCH PAPER 11/44 19 May 2011

67.9% of voters opposed changing the electoral system to the Alternative Vote, in a UK wide referendum on 5 May 2011. The No vote was in the majority in every region of the UK.

Turnout was 42.0%. The referendum coincided with elections to the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales, Northern Ireland Assembly and many local authorities in England.

This Research Paper presents information on votes cast in each region and referendum counting area. The data for votes cast and electorates are those that have been published online by the Electoral Commission.

Feargal McGuinness

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Research Paper 11/44

Contributing Authors: Feargal McGuinness Jeremy Hardacre

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Contents Summary 1

1 Introduction 3

2 Extent of the No vote 4

2.1 Voting by region 4

2.2 Voting by counting area 5

Map of percentage Yes vote by counting area 6

3 Counting areas with greatest Yes vote 7

3.1 Areas voting Yes 8

3.2 England 8

London 8

Rest of England 10

Urban/rural variations 11

3.3 Scotland 12

Glasgow 12

Edinburgh 12

Rest of Scotland 13

3.4 Wales 14

4 Voter characteristics and reason for voting 15

4.1 Voter characteristics 15

4.2 Reasons for voting and perceptions of the campaigns 15

5 Turnout 16

Map of turnout by counting area 17

6 Previous referendums 18

7 Tables 19

7.1 England: voting by local authority 20

7.2 Scotland: voting by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency 25

7.3 Wales: voting by National Assembly for Wales Constituency 26

7.4 Counting areas ranked by % No vote 27

RESEARCH PAPER 11/44

Summary In a UK wide referendum on 5 May 2011, voters were asked if they favoured changing the system for electing MPs from First Past The Post to the Alternative Vote:

• There were 6.2 million ‘Yes’ votes (32.1%) in favour of the change.

• There were 13.0 million ‘No’ votes (67.9%) opposing the change.

• The No vote was in the majority in every UK region. The No vote was above 70% in 5 of the 9 English regions – the North East, the West Midlands, the East Midlands, the East of England and the South East.

• Out of 440 vote counting areas, the No vote was in the majority in 430. Of the 10 areas that had a majority of Yes votes, 6 were in London.

• Turnout was 42.0%.

The referendum coincided with Scottish Parliament elections, National Assembly for Wales elections, Northern Ireland Assembly elections, and council elections in many local authorities across England.

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1 Introduction A UK wide referendum was held on 5 May 2011 on whether to elect MPs to the House of Commons using the Alternative Vote (AV) system, rather than First Past the Post (FPTP) as is used currently. Over two thirds of voters opposed the change by voting No.

There were 13.0 million votes No, 67.9% of all valid votes cast. 6.2 million people voted Yes, 32.1% of the total.

The No vote was in the majority in every UK region. The opposition to AV ranged from 71.9% of voters in the North East to 56.3% of voters in Northern Ireland.

In total 19.2 million votes were cast by an electorate of 45.7 million, giving a turnout of 42.0%. Turnout was over 50% in Northern Ireland and Scotland, where the referendum coincided with elections to the devolved legislatures. The lowest regional turnout was 35.3% in London. There were no other elections occurring in London on 5 May.

There were 440 designated areas for the counting of votes. In England, the counting areas were local authorities; in Scotland they were Scottish Parliament constituencies; and in Wales they were National Assembly for Wales constituencies. Northern Ireland formed a single counting area.

In 430 out of the 440 counting areas the No vote was in the majority. Of the 10 areas that voted Yes, 6 were in London.

The background to the referendum, including a discussion of the Alternative Vote electoral system, is examined in Library Standard Note AV and electoral reform. Provision to hold a referendum had been made as part of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act. The precise question asked at the referendum was as follows:

At present, the UK uses the “first past the post” system to elect MPs to the House of Commons. Should the “alternative vote” system be used instead?

The referendum coincided with National Assembly for Wales elections, Scottish Parliament elections, Northern Ireland Assembly elections, and council elections in many local authorities across England. Analysis of the results of these elections can be found in separate Library Research Papers.

Data sources

The figures for votes Yes, votes No and electorate are those published by the Electoral Commission on its dedicated referendum results website.1 Turnout has been calculated as total valid votes as a proportion of the eligible electorate on 5 May.

1 Hhttp://ukreferendumresults.aboutmyvote.co.uk/en/default.aspxH

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http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-05317.pdf

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2 Extent of the No vote 2.1 Voting by region The No vote was comfortably in the majority in every UK region. Voters in England were more opposed to changing to AV than voters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

In 5 regions over 70% of voters opposed the change to the voting system. The North East had the highest share of No votes of any region (71.9%). The West Midlands, the East Midlands, the East of England and the South East also recorded a No vote of more than 70%.

Northern Ireland had the highest proportion of Yes votes (43.7%), followed by London (39.5%).

Referendum results by region

Yes No % Yes % No Turnout

England 4,824,357 10,774,735 30.9% 69.1% 40.7%North East 212,951 546,138 28.1% 71.9% 38.6%West Midlands 461,847 1,157,772 28.5% 71.5% 39.6%East Midlands 408,877 1,013,864 28.7% 71.3% 42.5%Eastern 530,140 1,298,004 29.0% 71.0% 42.9%South East 823,793 1,951,793 29.7% 70.3% 44.1%North West 613,249 1,416,201 30.2% 69.8% 38.7%Yorkshire and the Humber 474,532 1,042,178 31.3% 68.7% 39.5%South West 564,541 1,225,305 31.5% 68.5% 44.4%London 734,427 1,123,480 39.5% 60.5% 35.3%

Wales 325,349 616,307 34.6% 65.4% 41.5%Scotland 713,813 1,249,375 36.4% 63.6% 50.4%Northern Ireland 289,088 372,706 43.7% 56.3% 55.2%

UK Total 6,152,607 13,013,123 32.1% 67.9% 42.0%

Votes Vote share

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2.2 Voting by counting area 430 of the 440 counting areas recorded a No vote of over 50%. In 400 counting areas the No vote was above 60%; in 210 the No vote topped 70%.

Counting areas with highest percentage No vote

Counting area Region % voting No Turnout

Castle Point Eastern 79.7% 41.2%Broxbourne Eastern 79.5% 36.2%South Staffordshire West Midlands 79.1% 41.1%Rochford Eastern 79.1% 40.9%South Holland East Midlands 78.6% 39.8%North Kesteven East Midlands 77.6% 42.8%Cannock Chase West Midlands 77.3% 32.9%Tamworth West Midlands 77.3% 36.8%Havering London 77.3% 35.9%Boston East Midlands 77.1% 39.6%

In Scotland, the highest percentage No vote was in the Banffshire and Buchan Coast Scottish Parliamentary Constituency (70.9%), followed by Dumfriesshire (70.9%) and Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (70.6%).

In Wales the highest percentage No vote was in Clwyd West (69.8%), Alyn and Deeside (69.6%) and Monmouth (69.3%).

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3 Counting areas with greatest Yes vote

Table 3.1: Counting areas with a Yes vote of more than 40%

Rank Area Region % Yes % No Electorate Turnout

1 Hackney London 60.7% 39.3% 149,606 34.1%2 Glasgow Kelvin Scotland 58.8% 41.2% 59,167 40.5%3 Islington London 56.9% 43.1% 135,677 35.7%4 Haringey London 56.6% 43.4% 150,299 35.6%5 Lambeth London 54.7% 45.3% 191,929 33.1%

6 Cambridge Eastern 54.3% 45.7% 81,273 48.1%7 Oxford South East 54.1% 45.9% 102,836 39.0%8 Southwark London 52.7% 47.3% 180,698 34.3%9 Camden London 51.4% 48.6% 137,117 37.3%

10 Edinburgh Central Scotland 51.4% 48.6% 50,924 55.4%

11 Edinburgh South Scotland 50.0% 50.0% 53,214 62.2%12 Edinburgh Northern and Leith Scotland 49.9% 50.1% 55,883 53.7%13 Brighton and Hove South East 49.9% 50.1% 195,217 45.2%14 Glasgow Southside Scotland 49.7% 50.3% 51,013 43.3%15 Lewisham London 49.3% 50.7% 172,573 33.1%

16 Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Scotland 47.6% 52.4% 55,555 36.5%17 City of London London 46.4% 53.6% 6,068 42.5%18 Tower Hamlets London 45.8% 54.2% 153,376 28.9%19 Cardiff Central Wales 45.7% 54.3% 62,295 37.4%20 Norwich Eastern 45.5% 54.5% 98,060 40.9%

21 Brent London 45.2% 54.8% 183,541 30.8%22 Shetland Islands Scotland 44.8% 55.2% 17,290 53.2%23 Bristol South West 44.7% 55.3% 304,351 41.5%24 Manchester North West 44.5% 55.5% 346,023 31.5%25 Newham London 43.7% 56.3% 177,666 27.2%

26 Arfon Wales 43.7% 56.3% 40,654 43.2%27 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 43.7% 56.3% 1,198,966 55.2%28 Ealing London 43.3% 56.7% 207,846 36.1%29 Glasgow Cathcart Scotland 43.0% 57.0% 57,815 44.9%30 Aberdeen Central Scotland 42.9% 57.1% 53,418 45.3%

31 Leicester East Midlands 42.9% 57.1% 216,550 41.0%32 Waltham Forest London 41.6% 58.4% 157,904 33.7%33 Glasgow Anniesland Scotland 41.4% 58.6% 54,599 43.4%34 Cardiff West Wales 41.2% 58.8% 63,266 43.2%35 Richmond upon Thames London 40.9% 59.1% 128,638 47.1%

36 Hammersmith and Fulham London 40.9% 59.1% 109,386 37.7%37 Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Scotland 40.5% 59.5% 55,688 45.2%38 Edinburgh Eastern Scotland 40.3% 59.7% 54,127 55.5%39 Glasgow Provan Scotland 40.1% 59.9% 54,322 34.9%40 North East Fife Scotland 40.1% 59.9% 57,280 50.8%

Source: Electoral Commission


3.1 Areas voting Yes A majority of voters were in favour of the change to AV in 10 out of the 440 counting areas. The ‘Yes’ vote topped 50% in:

• 6 of the 33 London boroughs (Hackney, Islington, Haringey, Lambeth, Southwark and Camden)

• 2 of the 73 Scottish Parliamentary constituencies (Glasgow Kelvin and Edinburgh Central)

• Cambridge local authority

• Oxford local authority

The 40 counting areas that recorded a Yes vote of above 40% are listed in Table 3.1. 15 of the counting areas are in London and 14 are in Scotland.

Northern Ireland had the highest Yes vote of any region (43.7%) but since it formed a single counting area, results have not been disaggregated and it is not possible to analyse support for AV at a more local level.

3.2 England

London All the London boroughs that had a Yes majority are Labour controlled. In 5 out of the 6 borough councils the Liberal Democrats are the second largest party (the exception is Hackney, where Labour holds 50 of the council seats compared to the Conservatives’ 4 seats and the Liberal Democrats’ 3 seats). There are 13 MPs elected from these boroughs; 11 are Labour and 2 are Liberal Democrat.

The political composition of London borough councils is shown in Table 3.2. As can be seen from Charts 3.1 and 3.2, London borough councils with higher proportions of Labour and Liberal Democrat councillors generally saw a larger percentage Yes vote. On the other hand those with greater Conservative representation saw a larger percentage No vote. There were some notable exceptions. Sutton recorded the eighth highest percentage No vote in London (67.4%; the Yes vote was 32.6%) despite the Liberal Democrats holding 43 of the 54 seats on the council. Labour hold all 51 seats in Barking and Dagenham which saw the fifth largest No vote in London (70.3%; the Yes vote was 29.7%) although turnout in the borough was very low at 27.7%. The Yes vote passed the 40% mark in 2 Conservative controlled councils, Richmond upon Thames and Hammersmith and Fulham.

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Table 3.2: % Yes vote and political composition of London borough councils

London borough % Yes vote Turnout CON LAB LD Other Total

Hackney 60.7% 34.1% 4 50 3 0 57 LABIslington 56.9% 35.7% 0 35 13 0 48 LABHaringey 56.6% 35.6% 0 34 23 0 57 LABLambeth 54.7% 33.1% 4 44 15 0 63 LABSouthwark 52.7% 34.3% 3 35 25 0 63 LABCamden 51.4% 37.3% 10 30 13 1 54 LABLewisham 49.3% 33.1% 2 39 12 1 54 LABTower Hamlets 45.8% 28.9% 8 40 1 2 51 LABBrent 45.2% 30.8% 6 40 17 0 63 LABNewham 43.7% 27.2% 0 60 0 0 60 LABEaling 43.3% 36.1% 24 40 5 0 69 LABWaltham Forest 41.6% 33.7% 18 37 5 0 60 LABRichmond upon Thames 40.9% 47.1% 30 0 24 0 54 CONHammersmith and Fulham 40.9% 37.7% 31 15 0 0 46 CONKingston upon Thames 39.5% 42.8% 21 0 27 0 48 LDWandsworth 39.2% 37.0% 47 13 0 0 60 CONHounslow 39.2% 32.8% 25 35 0 0 60 LABGreenwich 39.2% 33.2% 11 40 0 0 51 LABWestminster 38.1% 31.4% 48 12 0 0 60 CONMerton 35.4% 39.8% 27 28 2 3 60 NOCBarnet 35.2% 38.9% 39 21 3 0 63 CONEnfield 34.0% 35.3% 27 36 0 0 63 LABHarrow 33.9% 37.8% 27 34 1 1 63 LABCroydon 33.0% 35.8% 37 33 0 0 70 CONSutton 32.6% 38.8% 11 0 43 0 54 LDRedbridge 32.5% 32.8% 30 26 7 0 63 NOCKensington and Chelsea 32.3% 34.3% 42 9 3 0 54 CONBarking and Dagenham 29.7% 27.7% 0 51 0 0 51 LABHillingdon 29.3% 34.0% 46 19 0 0 65 CONBromley 28.7% 41.2% 53 3 4 0 60 CONBexley 23.5% 37.4% 52 11 0 0 63 CONHavering 22.7% 35.9% 33 5 0 16 54 CON

Council composition Council control

Havering 22.7% 35.9% 33 5 0 16 54 CON

Source: Rallings and Thrasher, University of Plymouth

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Chart 3.1: % Yes vote in London boroughsby Labour/Liberal Democrat representation on council


Rest of England Excluding London, support for changing to the AV electoral system was limited to isolated urban pockets. There were 7 English local authorities outside of London where the Yes vote climbed over 40%; in 2 of these (Cambridge and Oxford) there were a majority of Yes votes.

English local authorities with a Yes vote of more than 40% (excluding London)

Local authority Region Result % Yes % No Turnout

Brighton and Hove South East No 49.9% 50.1% 45.2%Bristol South West No 44.7% 55.3% 41.5%Cambridge Eastern Yes 54.3% 45.7% 48.1%Leicester East Midlands No 42.9% 57.1% 41.0%Manchester North West No 44.5% 55.5% 31.5%Norwich Eastern No 45.5% 54.5% 40.9%Oxford South East Yes 54.1% 45.9% 39.0%

These 7 local authorities have in common a large student population. At the time of the 2001 Census, the 2 English local authorities with the greatest proportion of students in the population were Oxford and Cambridge.2

The political complexion of the authorities is not uniform. The Liberal Democrats are the largest party in Cambridge and Bristol followed by Labour. In Oxford and Manchester Labour is the party with greatest support but there is a significant Liberal Democrat presence. In Leicester Labour is well ahead of the other parties in terms of support. Brighton and Hove and Norwich local authorities stand out among English councils in that they both have a large number of Green Party councillors.

Cambridge City Council is controlled by the Liberal Democrats who hold 25 of the 42 council seats, although the party lost 4 of its council seats on 5 May. There are 14 Labour councillors, 2 Green Party councillors and 1 Independent. Liberal Democrat Julian Huppert was elected as the city’s MP in May 2010, with a 13.5% majority.

Oxford City Council is controlled by Labour. 26 of the city’s 48 councillors are Labour; there are also 16 Liberal Democrats, 5 Green Party councillors and 1 Independent. Oxford is represented by 1 Labour and 1 Conservative MP, although the Liberal Democrats polled 38% of the vote across the constituencies at the 2010 General Election. Conservative MP Nicola Blackwood won Oxford West and Abingdon by 176 votes, overturning a Liberal Democrat majority of 6,816.

Brighton and Hove has 23 Green Party councillors, 18 Conservative councillors and 13 Labour councillors. It has 1 Green Party MP and 2 Conservative MPs.

In Bristol the Liberal Democrats had a majority of councillors prior to 5 May – they remain the largest party although they no longer have a majority. The Liberal Democrats polled 33.8% of the vote in Bristol in the 2010 General Election, with Labour and the Conservatives taking 31.8% and 26.7% respectively.

Labour won 52 of the 54 council seats in Leicester on 5 May and the Labour candidate was elected Mayor with 55% of first preference votes. The city’s 3 MPs are all Labour. Labour polled 46.6% of the vote in Leicester at the 2010 General Election compared to the Conservatives’ 24.1% share and the Liberal Democrats’ 21.1% share. 2 Source: ONS Neighbourhood Statistics

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Manchester City Council has 75 Labour councillors, 20 Liberal Democrat councillors and 1 Independent councillor. The authority is represented by 4 Labour MPs and 1 Liberal Democrat MP in the House of Commons.3

No party has overall control in Norwich City Council but Labour is the largest party followed by the Green Party (this was also the case before the 5 May local elections). Norwich North and Norwich South constituencies are both part contained in Norwich local authority. Chloe Smith MP holds Norwich North for the Conservatives with a majority of 9.2% and Simon Wright MP holds Norwich South for the Liberal Democrats with a majority of 0.7%.

Urban/rural variations In England, a larger Yes vote was more likely in urban areas than rural areas. The Office for National Statistics has classified English local authorities into six groups according to their rurality.4 Among authorities in the three most rural classifications, only two recorded a Yes vote of greater than 35% (Bath and North East Somerset, 38.2%; St Albans, 36.1%).

On the other hand, the No vote in some urban areas was just as large as in more rural areas. Broxbourne had the second highest No vote and is classified as Major Urban; Havering in London had the ninth highest No vote.

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3 Manchester Blackley and Broughton constituency is part contained in Salford City Council area. Manchester

Wythenshawe and Sale East constituency is part contained in Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council area. Hhttp://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/362/elections/4698/parliamentary_election_results_2010H

4 The six groups are (in order of increasing rurality): Major Urban; Large Urban; Other Urban; Significant Rural; Rural-50; and Rural-80. For a description of how authorities are assigned to each group, see Hhttp://www.ons.gov.uk/about-statistics/geography/products/area-classifications/rural-urban-definition-and-la-classification/rural-urban-local-authority--la--classification/index.htmlH

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3.3 Scotland Support for AV in Scotland was concentrated in the Glasgow and Edinburgh council areas, which both recorded higher levels of support for the change to AV than the country as a whole. Altogether 36.4% of Scottish voters backed the change to AV, compared to 44.3% in Glasgow and 44.1% in Edinburgh. 2 counting areas in Scotland recorded a majority of Yes votes – Glasgow Kelvin (58.8%) and Edinburgh Central (51.4%).

Glasgow 44.3% of voters in Glasgow City Council area voted Yes.5 In six of the city’s eight Scottish Parliamentary Constituencies the Yes vote was above 40%. In only one counting area did the Yes vote fall below the Scotland average of 36.4% (Glasgow Shettleston, where there was a 35.9% Yes vote). Turnout in Glasgow was 40.2%, well below the total Scotland turnout of 50.4%.

Voting in the referendum, Glasgow

Scottish Parliamentary Constituency Result % Yes % No Turnout

Glasgow Anniesland No 41.4% 58.6% 43.4%Glasgow Cathcart No 43.0% 57.0% 44.9%Glasgow Kelvin Yes 58.8% 41.2% 40.5%Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn No 47.6% 52.4% 36.5%Glasgow Pollok No 36.4% 63.6% 39.4%Glasgow Provan No 40.1% 59.9% 34.9%Glasgow Shettleston No 35.9% 64.1% 38.2%Glasgow Southside No 49.7% 50.3% 43.3%

At the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Glasgow Kelvin was won by the SNP, a notional gain from Labour.6 The SNP won 5 seats and Labour won 3 seats in the Glasgow council area. There was little support for either the Liberal Democrats or the Conservatives in Glasgow. The Liberal Democrats received only 3.7% of the constituency vote; their highest share of the constituency vote was 7.7% in Glasgow Kelvin. The Conservatives took 6.9% of the constituency vote, performing best in Glasgow Cathcart where they took a 9.2% share.7

The Liberal Democrats had performed better in the city at the 2010 General Election, when they won 13.7% of the vote across the seven Glasgow constituencies. In particular they won 31.3% of the vote in Glasgow North, which contains parts of Scottish Parliamentary Constituencies Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn (Yes vote 47.6%) and Glasgow Kelvin (Yes vote 58.8%).

Edinburgh Edinburgh as a whole voted 44.1% in favour of the AV. Turnout was 57.4%, compared to 50.4% across Scotland as a whole. Besides Edinburgh Central, there was a high Yes vote in the constituencies of Edinburgh Southern (50.0%) and Edinburgh Northern and Leith (49.4%).

5 Note that the Glasgow Region as used in Scottish Parliament elections includes an additional constituency,

Rutherglen. Labour held Rutherglen on 5 May. 35.3% of voters in Rutherglen voted Yes. 6 Notional results for the 2007 Scottish Parliament election on 2011 constituency boundaries have been

calculated by Professor David Denver of Lancaster University. 7 Library Research Paper 11/41

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Voting in the referendum, Edinburgh

Scottish Parliamentary Constituency Result % Yes % No Turnout

Edinburgh Central Yes 51.4% 48.6% 55.4%Edinburgh Eastern No 40.3% 59.7% 55.5%Edinburgh Northern and Leith No 49.9% 50.1% 53.7%Edinburgh Pentlands No 35.7% 64.3% 57.8%Edinburgh Southern No 50.0% 50.0% 62.2%Edinburgh Western No 37.5% 62.5% 59.6%

The SNP won Edinburgh Central in the Scottish Parliament Election. The Liberal Democrats had been the notional incumbents but the party dropped to third in the constituency ballot. The SNP also gained Edinburgh Southern, where again the Liberal Democrats finished third despite being the notional incumbents. Labour retained Edinburgh Northern and Leith.

The Westminster Parliamentary constituencies of Edinburgh South and Edinburgh North and Leith both returned Labour MPs at last year’s General Election, although the Liberal Democrats had performed strongly in each seat (winning 34.0% of the vote in Edinburgh South and 33.8% in Edinburgh North and Leith). Edinburgh Western is in a Westminster constituency represented by a Liberal Democrat MP; it saw the Liberal Democrats’ best performance out of all the Edinburgh seats at the 2011 Scottish election (the party won 27.7% of the constituency vote, but the seat was still an SNP gain). Despite this, the Yes vote in Edinburgh Western was 37.5%.

Rest of Scotland Outside of Glasgow and Edinburgh, four counting areas in Scotland had a Yes vote greater than 40%: Shetland (44.8%), Aberdeen Central (42.9%), Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse (40.5%) and North East Fife (40.1%).

Shetland is represented in Holyrood by Tavish Scott MSP, Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, and in Westminster by Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael. Shetland was one of two Scottish Parliamentary Constituencies that elected a Liberal Democrat MSP in the 2011 election – the other constituency, Orkney, voted 39.8% in favour of changing to AV.

Aberdeen Central was held by the SNP in the 2011 election. The SNP and Labour both increased their vote share at the expense of the Liberal Democrats, whose share of the vote fell to 9.3% from 26.9% in 2007.8

Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse was won by the SNP in 2011, a notional gain from Labour. Together Labour and SNP took 87.2% of the constituency vote in 2011 up from 74.1% in 2007. The Liberal Democrats lost their deposit in 2011 but had only received 8.0% of the vote in 2007.9

North East Fife was another 2011 win for the SNP, who took 37.2% of the vote to notionally gain the seat from the Liberal Democrats. However the Liberal Democrats held on to 28.4% of the vote. The Conservatives won an 18.9% share. The Scottish Parliamentary Constituency has similar boundaries to the Westminster seat of the same name, which is held by Liberal Democrat MP Menzies Campbell with a majority of 22.6% of the vote.

8 Hhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/constituency/html/36065.stmH 9 South Lanarkshire Council; BBC Vote 2011

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3.4 Wales The No vote was in the majority in every counting area in Wales, although in no area did the Yes vote fall below 30%. The Yes vote was greater than 40% in 3 of the 40 constituencies.

Cardiff Central recorded a 45.7% Yes vote. In Westminster it is represented by Jenny Willott MP of the Liberal Democrats. At the 2010 General Election she won the seat with a majority of 12.7% of the vote. The Welsh Assembly seat was won by the Liberal Democrats in 2007 but Labour took the seat in 2011 on a 14.7% swing, winning by just 38 votes.

Voters in Arfon were 43.7% in favour of the change to AV. Arfon is represented by Plaid Cymru in the House of Commons and in the National Assembly for Wales. In the most recent elections to both chambers Labour were the second largest party with the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats in third and fourth place respectively.

The Yes vote was 41.2% in Cardiff West, represented by Labour in the House of Commons and in the National Assembly for Wales. The Conservatives came second at the 2010 General Election with just under 30% of the vote and in the 2007 and 2011 Assembly elections they won about a quarter of the vote.

In the 2011 Assembly elections the Liberal Democrats won only 1 of the 40 constituency seats, Brecon and Radnorshire. Despite Kirsty Williams, Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, topping the poll with 43.0% of the vote, only 36.7% of voters in the constituency were in favour of AV. Brecon and Radnorshire had returned a Liberal Democrat MP at the 2010 General Election. Ceredigion also elected a Liberal Democrat MP in May 2010, but Plaid Cymru retained the Assembly seat in 2011 – Ceredigion had a Yes vote of 40.0%.

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4 Voter characteristics and reason for voting 4.1 Voter characteristics A Guardian/ICM poll on 2-3 May predicted that there would be a 68% No vote compared to 32% Yes – this was very much in line with the actual result on 5 May.10

The poll found that support for changing to AV was higher among young voters. 53% of 18-24 year olds supported using AV instead of FPTP, compared to 23% of voters aged 65 and over.

71% of those who stated their current voting intention as Liberal Democrat said they would be voting Yes in the referendum. Respondents who stated they voted Liberal Democrat at the last General Election were 60% in favour of AV.

41% of respondents whose current voting intention is Labour said they would vote Yes. Of those respondents who voted Labour at the last General Election, 34% said they would be voting Yes.

Among respondents whose current voting intention is Conservative, only 12% intended to vote Yes.

A YouGov poll for The Sun on 3-4 May 2011 suggested that there would be 60% No vote and a 40% Yes vote.11 Like the ICM poll, it found that there was greater support for AV among younger voters. The polls also agreed that support for AV was higher among current Liberal Democrat supporters than among those who said they voted Liberal Democrat at the last election; likewise support was higher among those currently intending to vote Labour than those who said they voted Labour in May 2010.

4.2 Reasons for voting and perceptions of the campaigns The YouGov poll of 3-4 May asked respondents what factors underlay their voting decision.

Of respondents who said they would vote Yes, 40% identified “It will make the overall result of the election across Britain fairer” as one of the two or three biggest advantages of changing the voting system to AV. 39% identified “It will end the system that allow candidates to be elected with less than half the local vote” as one of the main advantages while a third (33%) backed AV as paving the way to a more proportional system in the future.

Of respondents who said they would vote No, a majority (53%) picked “It keeps elections simple: the candidate with the most votes wins” as one of the two or three biggest advantages of FPTP. 42% thought FPTP was advantageous as “a tried-and-tested system that has served Britain well” while 38% thought it offered a major advantage in being “clearer and more straight-forward than alternative systems”.

Respondents were not asked what they thought were the disadvantages of each system.

The YouGov survey asked respondents whether they thought the Yes and No campaigns had been effective. 14% said the Yes campaign had been effective. 30% said it had been ineffective and 27% said they had not noticed the Yes campaign. By comparison, 33% said the No campaign had been effective, 17% said it had been ineffective and 23% had not noticed the No campaign. 10 The poll had a weighted base of 598 (all respondents expressing an intention to vote; turnout weighted) Hhttp://www.icmresearch.co.uk/icmresearch/files/pdfs/2011_may_av_prediction_poll.pdfH 11 The base was 3,923 respondents who say they are certain to vote or who have already voted. Hhttp://today.yougov.co.uk/sites/today.yougov.co.uk/files/yg-archives-pol-sun-avlocalspk-040511.pdfH

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5 Turnout The referendum turnout was 42.0%. 19.2 million people voted, out of an electorate of 45.7 million. By comparison, 29.7 million people voted out of an electorate of 45.6 million at the 2010 General Election, when turnout was 65.1%.

The regions with the highest turnout were Northern Ireland (55.2%) and Scotland (50.4%), where the referendum coincided with elections to the devolved legislatures. However this is a lower turnout than was seen in the 2007 elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Scottish Parliament.

There were also elections to the National Assembly for Wales and to many local authorities in England on 5 May 2011. Aggregate turnout in English local authorities that were also holding local elections was 41.7%. This was a greater turnout than in the 2007 local elections, when most of the seats up for election in 2011 were last contested – turnout in 2007 was 37.9%.12

There were no local elections in London, where turnout was lowest (35.3%); the four counting areas with the lowest turnout were the London boroughs of Newham, Barking and Dagenham, Tower Hamlets and Brent. The referendum had a lower turnout than the 2006 London borough council elections, when 39.9% of voters turned out.13

There were 47 counting areas in all (16 outside London) where the referendum did not coincide with local or devolved elections; 7 of these still had a turnout above the UK average: Shropshire, City of London, Kingston upon Thames, Fareham, Wiltshire, Richmond upon Thames and the Isles of Scilly.

12 Aggregated top vote turnout; from Rallings and Thrasher, Local Elections Handbook 2007 13 Aggregated top vote turnout; from Rallings and Thrasher, Local Elections Handbook 2006

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6 Previous referendums The table below summarises referendums that have taken place in the UK since 1975. In addition there have been a number of local referendums.

Since 2000 there have been 37 mayoral referendums in England (excluding that for the Greater London Authority) and 1 in Wales. 13 of the 38 referendums were in support of a mayoral system and 25 were against.14 Several authorities have held non-binding referendums on increases in council tax.15

Summary of referendums since 1975

Subject of referendum Relevant area Date Outcome Turnout

Continued membership of the European Community UK June 1975

UK remained in European Community 64%

Devolution Scotland March 1979Devolution did not proceed (threshold requirement not met) 64%

Devolution Wales March 1979 Devolution did not proceed 59%

Devolution Scotland September 1997 Scottish Parliament established 60%

Tax-varying powers for Scottish Parliament Scotland September 1997

Scottish Parliament given tax-raising powers 60%

Devolution Wales September 1997 Welsh Assembly established 50%

Establishment of Greater London Authority London May 1998

Greater London Authority established 34%

Good Friday Agreement Northern Ireland May 1998Support given for provisions of Agreement 81%

Establishment of elected Regional Assembly North East England November 2004

Elected Regional Assembly not established 47%

Expansion of Welsh Assembly law making powers Wales March 2011

Welsh Assembly given greater law making powers 35%

Voting system UK May 2011 Alternative Vote system rejected 42%

Source: House of Lords Constitution Committee - Twelth Report, Referendums in the United Kingdom , 17 M arch 2010; SN/PC/5897 Referendum in Wales

14 See SN05000 HDirectly Elected MayorsH for more details. 15 See SN05682 HCouncil tax: local referendumsH for more details

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7 Tables There were 440 designated areas for the counting of votes. In England, the counting areas were local authorities; in Scotland they were Scottish Parliament constituencies; and in Wales they were National Assembly for Wales constituencies.

Northern Ireland formed a single counting area. For Northern Ireland results see the Table Referendum Results by Region on page 4.

Table 7.1 England: voting by local authority

Table 7.2 Scotland: voting by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency

Table 7.3 Wales voting by National Assembly for Wales Constituency

Table 7.4 Counting areas ranked by percentage No vote

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Table 7.1: England: voting by local authority

Local authority Result Yes votes No votes Total % Yes % No Electorate Turnout

Adur No 5,357 13,412 18,769 28.5% 71.5% 47,216 39.8%Allerdale No 8,354 24,533 32,887 25.4% 74.6% 73,120 45.0%Amber Valley No 12,432 29,745 42,177 29.5% 70.5% 96,579 43.7%Arun No 11,729 37,536 49,265 23.8% 76.2% 110,973 44.4%Ashfield No 9,149 25,693 34,842 26.3% 73.7% 90,299 38.6%

Ashford No 10,349 28,132 38,481 26.9% 73.1% 85,778 44.9%Aylesbury Vale No 17,777 41,096 58,873 30.2% 69.8% 129,380 45.5%Babergh No 9,423 22,819 32,242 29.2% 70.8% 69,095 46.7%Barking and Dagenham No 9,436 22,338 31,774 29.7% 70.3% 114,643 27.7%Barnet No 30,153 55,451 85,604 35.2% 64.8% 220,342 38.9%

Barnsley No 15,868 46,335 62,203 25.5% 74.5% 174,713 35.6%Barrow-in-Furness No 4,561 14,383 18,944 24.1% 75.9% 52,623 36.0%Basildon No 10,461 34,097 44,558 23.5% 76.5% 127,516 34.9%Basingstoke and Deane No 14,837 38,681 53,518 27.7% 72.3% 123,139 43.5%Bassetlaw No 8,757 26,441 35,198 24.9% 75.1% 84,371 41.7%

Bath and North East Somerset No 25,042 40,471 65,513 38.2% 61.8% 134,464 48.7%Bedford No 16,184 36,421 52,605 30.8% 69.2% 111,834 47.0%Bexley No 14,929 48,630 63,559 23.5% 76.5% 169,825 37.4%Birmingham No 94,835 170,749 265,584 35.7% 64.3% 726,042 36.6%Blaby No 7,862 22,388 30,250 26.0% 74.0% 72,386 41.8%

Blackburn with Darwen No 11,393 29,787 41,180 27.7% 72.3% 101,055 40.8%Blackpool No 10,544 30,343 40,887 25.8% 74.2% 111,424 36.7%Bolsover No 5,890 16,815 22,705 25.9% 74.1% 57,423 39.5%Bolton No 20,825 53,037 73,862 28.2% 71.8% 195,204 37.8%Boston No 3,958 13,337 17,295 22.9% 77.1% 43,698 39.6%

Bournemouth No 14,030 33,468 47,498 29.5% 70.5% 132,482 35.9%Bracknell Forest No 9,677 24,001 33,678 28.7% 71.3% 82,165 41.0%Bradford No 42,858 87,838 130,696 32.8% 67.2% 329,139 39.7%Braintree No 11,501 34,788 46,289 24.8% 75.2% 107,739 43.0%Breckland No 9,793 29,920 39,713 24.7% 75.3% 94,346 42.1%

Brent No 25,551 30,941 56,492 45.2% 54.8% 183,541 30.8%Brentwood No 6,177 19,381 25,558 24.2% 75.8% 55,420 46.1%Brighton and Hove No 43,948 44,198 88,146 49.9% 50.1% 195,217 45.2%Bristol No 56,433 69,878 126,311 44.7% 55.3% 304,351 41.5%Broadland No 12,073 32,607 44,680 27.0% 73.0% 95,298 46.9%

Bromley No 27,286 67,671 94,957 28.7% 71.3% 230,337 41.2%Bromsgrove No 8,432 24,118 32,550 25.9% 74.1% 73,038 44.6%Broxbourne No 4,988 19,386 24,374 20.5% 79.5% 67,345 36.2%Broxtowe No 12,703 27,840 40,543 31.3% 68.7% 84,304 48.1%Burnley No 7,037 18,822 25,859 27.2% 72.8% 66,580 38.8%

Bury No 15,625 41,878 57,503 27.2% 72.8% 141,289 40.7%Calderdale No 18,494 41,175 59,669 31.0% 69.0% 146,667 40.7%Cambridge Yes 21,253 17,871 39,124 54.3% 45.7% 81,273 48.1%Camden Yes 26,275 24,845 51,120 51.4% 48.6% 137,117 37.3%Cannock Chase No 5,621 19,151 24,772 22.7% 77.3% 75,229 32.9%

Canterbury No 15,398 30,759 46,157 33.4% 66.6% 104,358 44.2%Carlisle No 10,202 22,611 32,813 31.1% 68.9% 83,016 39.5%Castle Point No 5,348 21,012 26,360 20.3% 79.7% 63,975 41.2%Central Bedfordshire No 21,774 58,496 80,270 27.1% 72.9% 191,682 41.9%Charnwood No 16,114 38,902 55,016 29.3% 70.7% 130,220 42.2%

Chelmsford No 15,934 39,829 55,763 28.6% 71.4% 125,965 44.3%Cheltenham No 12,972 22,695 35,667 36.4% 63.6% 86,309 41.3%Cherwell No 12,944 30,925 43,869 29.5% 70.5% 101,134 43.4%Cheshire East No 33,241 88,669 121,910 27.3% 72.7% 284,434 42.9%Cheshire West and Chester No 30,322 78,450 108,772 27.9% 72.1% 253,465 42.9%

Chesterfield No 10,335 24,190 34,525 29.9% 70.1% 80,554 42.9%Chichester No 10,856 30,549 41,405 26.2% 73.8% 89,467 46.3%Chiltern No 8,933 27,331 36,264 24.6% 75.4% 70,417 51.5%Chorley No 8,598 25,119 33,717 25.5% 74.5% 79,548 42.4%Christchurch No 4,492 14,729 19,221 23.4% 76.6% 38,939 49.4%

City of London No 1,196 1,384 2,580 46.4% 53.6% 6,068 42.5%Colchester No 17,809 34,293 52,102 34.2% 65.8% 123,741 42.1%Copeland No 5,628 16,907 22,535 25.0% 75.0% 55,243 40.8%Corby No 5,078 12,933 18,011 28.2% 71.8% 42,123 42.8%Cornwall No 51,184 117,770 168,954 30.3% 69.7% 420,921 40.1%

Cotswold No 9,462 24,367 33,829 28.0% 72.0% 67,135 50.4%Coventry No 27,629 56,037 83,666 33.0% 67.0% 223,676 37.4%Craven No 6,091 14,527 20,618 29.5% 70.5% 44,195 46.7%Crawley No 7,993 20,275 28,268 28.3% 71.7% 72,100 39.2%Croydon No 28,789 58,475 87,264 33.0% 67.0% 243,612 35.8%

Dacorum No 14,438 33,295 47,733 30.2% 69.8% 106,646 44.8%Darlington No 9,134 23,096 32,230 28.3% 71.7% 77,726 41.5%Dartford No 7,256 21,397 28,653 25.3% 74.7% 69,487 41.2%Daventry No 6,699 20,305 27,004 24.8% 75.2% 58,883 45.9%Derby No 20,502 47,622 68,124 30.1% 69.9% 174,151 39.1%


Derbyshire Dales No 8,795 20,893 29,688 29.6% 70.4% 57,091 52.0%Doncaster No 21,179 58,726 79,905 26.5% 73.5% 218,687 36.5%Dover No 9,897 27,386 37,283 26.5% 73.5% 82,753 45.1%Dudley No 21,681 70,064 91,745 23.6% 76.4% 240,293 38.2%Durham No 40,435 100,203 140,638 28.8% 71.2% 402,455 34.9%

Ealing No 32,445 42,565 75,010 43.3% 56.7% 207,846 36.1%East Cambridgeshire No 8,262 18,365 26,627 31.0% 69.0% 60,890 43.7%East Devon No 14,778 36,605 51,383 28.8% 71.2% 102,938 49.9%East Dorset No 8,020 26,688 34,708 23.1% 76.9% 70,612 49.2%East Hampshire No 11,259 31,550 42,809 26.3% 73.7% 88,868 48.2%

East Hertfordshire No 12,716 33,478 46,194 27.5% 72.5% 102,107 45.2%East Lindsey No 10,571 34,045 44,616 23.7% 76.3% 105,271 42.4%East Northamptonshire No 6,935 21,596 28,531 24.3% 75.7% 65,336 43.7%East Riding of Yorkshire No 29,358 82,929 112,287 26.1% 73.9% 267,318 42.0%East Staffordshire No 9,129 27,155 36,284 25.2% 74.8% 83,633 43.4%

Eastbourne No 9,565 21,920 31,485 30.4% 69.6% 70,849 44.4%Eastleigh No 12,796 28,644 41,440 30.9% 69.1% 94,378 43.9%Eden No 5,342 13,302 18,644 28.7% 71.3% 41,363 45.1%Elmbridge No 11,200 30,930 42,130 26.6% 73.4% 96,240 43.8%Enfield No 23,521 45,721 69,242 34.0% 66.0% 196,016 35.3%

Epping Forest No 8,533 28,240 36,773 23.2% 76.8% 95,778 38.4%Epsom and Ewell No 7,240 17,741 24,981 29.0% 71.0% 54,376 45.9%Erewash No 9,255 26,863 36,118 25.6% 74.4% 83,923 43.0%Exeter No 14,432 22,605 37,037 39.0% 61.0% 85,294 43.4%Fareham No 9,825 29,874 39,699 24.7% 75.3% 87,586 45.3%

Fenland No 6,336 21,087 27,423 23.1% 76.9% 70,632 38.8%Forest Heath No 3,327 10,757 14,084 23.6% 76.4% 37,359 37.7%Forest of Dean No 8,727 20,758 29,485 29.6% 70.4% 64,804 45.5%Fylde No 6,413 20,727 27,140 23.6% 76.4% 61,083 44.4%Gateshead No 16,214 44,366 60,580 26.8% 73.2% 146,741 41.3%

Gedling No 11,089 27,745 38,834 28.6% 71.4% 86,961 44.7%Gloucester No 9,964 24,730 34,694 28.7% 71.3% 87,837 39.5%Gosport No 5,321 17,546 22,867 23.3% 76.7% 60,766 37.6%Gravesham No 8,266 22,023 30,289 27.3% 72.7% 70,279 43.1%Great Yarmouth No 6,325 19,207 25,532 24.8% 75.2% 69,805 36.6%

Greenwich No 20,618 32,039 52,657 39.2% 60.8% 158,603 33.2%Guildford No 14,982 33,351 48,333 31.0% 69.0% 100,288 48.2%Hackney Yes 30,969 20,064 51,033 60.7% 39.3% 149,606 34.1%Halton No 8,763 22,432 31,195 28.1% 71.9% 91,906 33.9%Hambleton No 11,281 20,991 32,272 35.0% 65.0% 70,189 46.0%

Hammersmith and Fulham No 16,889 24,380 41,269 40.9% 59.1% 109,386 37.7%Harborough No 8,156 23,577 31,733 25.7% 74.3% 66,106 48.0%Haringey Yes 30,310 23,223 53,533 56.6% 43.4% 150,299 35.6%Harlow No 5,823 16,226 22,049 26.4% 73.6% 59,020 37.4%Harrogate No 16,179 37,998 54,177 29.9% 70.1% 116,710 46.4%

Harrow No 20,990 40,993 61,983 33.9% 66.1% 163,792 37.8%Hart No 9,817 21,873 31,690 31.0% 69.0% 68,064 46.6%Hartlepool No 4,998 16,685 21,683 23.1% 76.9% 69,360 31.3%Hastings No 7,349 15,277 22,626 32.5% 67.5% 61,590 36.7%Havant No 8,241 27,614 35,855 23.0% 77.0% 92,436 38.8%

Havering No 14,592 49,691 64,283 22.7% 77.3% 179,160 35.9%Herefordshire No 18,665 44,448 63,113 29.6% 70.4% 137,328 46.0%Hertsmere No 6,772 22,005 28,777 23.5% 76.5% 72,259 39.8%High Peak No 10,443 21,569 32,012 32.6% 67.4% 71,604 44.7%Hillingdon No 18,888 45,535 64,423 29.3% 70.7% 189,421 34.0%

Hinckley and Bosworth No 9,642 26,771 36,413 26.5% 73.5% 82,988 43.9%Horsham No 15,039 33,878 48,917 30.7% 69.3% 102,347 47.8%Hounslow No 20,953 32,550 53,503 39.2% 60.8% 163,331 32.8%Huntingdonshire No 15,145 38,725 53,870 28.1% 71.9% 121,752 44.2%Hyndburn No 6,167 17,891 24,058 25.6% 74.4% 60,401 39.8%

Ipswich No 10,859 25,195 36,054 30.1% 69.9% 91,874 39.2%Isle of Wight No 11,311 32,841 44,152 25.6% 74.4% 110,177 40.1%Isles of Scilly No 288 542 830 34.7% 65.3% 1,737 47.8%Islington Yes 27,553 20,851 48,404 56.9% 43.1% 135,677 35.7%Kensington and Chelsea No 9,696 20,332 30,028 32.3% 67.7% 87,514 34.3%

Kettering No 7,500 22,174 29,674 25.3% 74.7% 69,162 42.9%King's Lynn and West Norfolk No 11,652 35,996 47,648 24.5% 75.5% 112,351 42.4%Kingston upon Hull No 17,475 39,554 57,029 30.6% 69.4% 181,472 31.4%Kingston upon Thames No 18,230 27,945 46,175 39.5% 60.5% 107,874 42.8%Kirklees No 42,270 85,395 127,665 33.1% 66.9% 303,515 42.1%

Knowsley No 11,343 24,859 36,202 31.3% 68.7% 110,803 32.7%Lambeth Yes 34,712 28,758 63,470 54.7% 45.3% 191,929 33.1%Lancaster No 13,504 28,555 42,059 32.1% 67.9% 108,334 38.8%Leeds No 71,506 136,632 208,138 34.4% 65.6% 543,476 38.3%Leicester No 38,005 50,678 88,683 42.9% 57.1% 216,550 41.0%

Lewes No 12,531 23,738 36,269 34.6% 65.4% 74,108 48.9%


Lewisham No 28,184 28,929 57,113 49.3% 50.7% 172,573 33.1%Lichfield No 7,938 25,572 33,510 23.7% 76.3% 78,240 42.8%Lincoln No 6,951 16,099 23,050 30.2% 69.8% 62,837 36.7%Liverpool No 41,035 71,739 112,774 36.4% 63.6% 313,993 35.9%

Luton No 16,002 34,980 50,982 31.4% 68.6% 129,249 39.4%Maidstone No 12,214 35,113 47,327 25.8% 74.2% 111,996 42.3%Maldon No 4,987 15,735 20,722 24.1% 75.9% 47,970 43.2%Malvern Hills No 8,368 19,617 27,985 29.9% 70.1% 58,863 47.5%Manchester No 48,442 60,495 108,937 44.5% 55.5% 346,023 31.5%

Mansfield No 8,474 21,610 30,084 28.2% 71.8% 79,399 37.9%Medway No 18,817 54,540 73,357 25.7% 74.3% 185,726 39.5%Melton No 4,590 12,563 17,153 26.8% 73.2% 38,611 44.4%Mendip No 14,419 27,162 41,581 34.7% 65.3% 83,849 49.6%Merton No 18,375 33,573 51,948 35.4% 64.6% 130,419 39.8%

Mid Devon No 8,737 19,349 28,086 31.1% 68.9% 59,229 47.4%Mid Suffolk No 10,177 25,828 36,005 28.3% 71.7% 75,070 48.0%Mid Sussex No 15,659 33,704 49,363 31.7% 68.3% 103,572 47.7%Middlesbrough No 10,416 25,721 36,137 28.8% 71.2% 101,229 35.7%Milton Keynes No 21,773 46,646 68,419 31.8% 68.2% 166,664 41.1%

Mole Valley No 9,541 24,748 34,289 27.8% 72.2% 64,958 52.8%New Forest No 16,135 47,732 63,867 25.3% 74.7% 143,218 44.6%Newark and Sherwood No 10,211 27,621 37,832 27.0% 73.0% 84,378 44.8%Newcastle upon Tyne No 28,766 51,484 80,250 35.8% 64.2% 196,899 40.8%Newcastle-under-Lyme No 9,473 25,644 35,117 27.0% 73.0% 97,451 36.0%

Newham No 21,085 27,169 48,254 43.7% 56.3% 177,666 27.2%North Devon No 10,446 23,637 34,083 30.6% 69.4% 74,558 45.7%North Dorset No 7,342 18,371 25,713 28.6% 71.4% 52,436 49.0%North East Derbyshire No 8,624 24,576 33,200 26.0% 74.0% 78,060 42.5%North East Lincolnshire No 9,549 29,484 39,033 24.5% 75.5% 114,689 34.0%

North Hertfordshire No 13,592 30,410 44,002 30.9% 69.1% 95,782 45.9%North Kesteven No 7,926 27,397 35,323 22.4% 77.6% 82,611 42.8%North Lincolnshire No 12,542 36,031 48,573 25.8% 74.2% 123,653 39.3%North Norfolk No 11,799 28,555 40,354 29.2% 70.8% 81,144 49.7%North Somerset No 22,473 49,101 71,574 31.4% 68.6% 156,025 45.9%

North Tyneside No 16,296 48,078 64,374 25.3% 74.7% 153,920 41.8%North Warwickshire No 4,918 16,509 21,427 23.0% 77.0% 49,185 43.6%North West Leicestershire No 7,575 24,780 32,355 23.4% 76.6% 71,571 45.2%Northampton No 17,651 41,065 58,716 30.1% 69.9% 148,814 39.5%Northumberland No 27,252 72,500 99,752 27.3% 72.7% 244,601 40.8%

Norwich No 18,231 21,852 40,083 45.5% 54.5% 98,060 40.9%Nottingham No 25,564 42,853 68,417 37.4% 62.6% 193,320 35.4%Nuneaton and Bedworth No 9,809 24,021 33,830 29.0% 71.0% 93,721 36.1%Oadby and Wigston No 5,600 13,523 19,123 29.3% 70.7% 44,648 42.8%Oldham No 17,076 42,623 59,699 28.6% 71.4% 159,853 37.3%

Oxford Yes 21,693 18,395 40,088 54.1% 45.9% 102,836 39.0%Pendle No 7,077 21,565 28,642 24.7% 75.3% 66,327 43.2%Peterborough No 15,534 32,878 48,412 32.1% 67.9% 119,240 40.6%Plymouth No 20,251 49,743 69,994 28.9% 71.1% 180,979 38.7%Poole No 13,367 34,655 48,022 27.8% 72.2% 112,874 42.5%

Portsmouth No 16,577 34,490 51,067 32.5% 67.5% 142,886 35.7%Preston No 11,413 25,218 36,631 31.2% 68.8% 96,259 38.1%Purbeck No 4,979 12,741 17,720 28.1% 71.9% 36,333 48.8%Reading No 17,605 27,571 45,176 39.0% 61.0% 108,236 41.7%Redbridge No 20,524 42,717 63,241 32.5% 67.5% 192,533 32.8%

Redcar and Cleveland No 11,554 31,859 43,413 26.6% 73.4% 104,848 41.4%Redditch No 6,385 17,547 23,932 26.7% 73.3% 63,562 37.7%Reigate and Banstead No 11,891 30,827 42,718 27.8% 72.2% 99,133 43.1%Ribble Valley No 4,982 15,138 20,120 24.8% 75.2% 45,023 44.7%Richmond upon Thames No 24,796 35,768 60,564 40.9% 59.1% 128,638 47.1%

Richmondshire No 4,088 12,002 16,090 25.4% 74.6% 34,488 46.7%Rochdale No 16,390 40,146 56,536 29.0% 71.0% 157,428 35.9%Rochford No 5,542 20,931 26,473 20.9% 79.1% 64,746 40.9%Rossendale No 5,361 14,480 19,841 27.0% 73.0% 52,355 37.9%Rother No 8,718 25,167 33,885 25.7% 74.3% 70,563 48.0%

Rotherham No 21,613 51,996 73,609 29.4% 70.6% 190,430 38.7%Rugby No 8,733 23,574 32,307 27.0% 73.0% 72,027 44.9%Runnymede No 6,297 16,901 23,198 27.1% 72.9% 58,414 39.7%Rushcliffe No 14,083 29,739 43,822 32.1% 67.9% 84,984 51.6%Rushmoor No 7,417 17,596 25,013 29.7% 70.3% 64,408 38.8%

Rutland No 3,809 10,048 13,857 27.5% 72.5% 28,293 49.0%Ryedale No 5,042 13,987 19,029 26.5% 73.5% 41,895 45.4%Salford No 16,601 37,373 53,974 30.8% 69.2% 164,182 32.9%Sandwell No 21,738 54,355 76,093 28.6% 71.4% 217,642 35.0%Scarborough No 10,148 23,440 33,588 30.2% 69.8% 84,661 39.7%

Sedgemoor No 11,221 25,549 36,770 30.5% 69.5% 88,118 41.7%Sefton No 23,925 57,289 81,214 29.5% 70.5% 208,731 38.9%


Selby No 7,094 20,907 28,001 25.3% 74.7% 63,588 44.0%Sevenoaks No 9,849 29,850 39,699 24.8% 75.2% 86,050 46.1%Sheffield No 61,141 98,563 159,704 38.3% 61.7% 385,793 41.4%

Shepway No 8,920 24,342 33,262 26.8% 73.2% 79,557 41.8%Shropshire No 27,221 68,732 95,953 28.4% 71.6% 228,139 42.1%Slough No 11,956 19,397 31,353 38.1% 61.9% 84,580 37.1%Solihull No 15,778 50,298 66,076 23.9% 76.1% 160,745 41.1%South Bucks No 5,001 16,503 21,504 23.3% 76.7% 50,382 42.7%

South Cambridgeshire No 18,351 34,594 52,945 34.7% 65.3% 107,412 49.3%South Derbyshire No 7,463 23,323 30,786 24.2% 75.8% 71,085 43.3%South Gloucestershire No 27,179 64,993 92,172 29.5% 70.5% 200,474 46.0%South Hams No 11,343 23,241 34,584 32.8% 67.2% 67,786 51.0%South Holland No 5,603 20,542 26,145 21.4% 78.6% 65,648 39.8%

South Kesteven No 11,247 32,217 43,464 25.9% 74.1% 102,288 42.5%South Lakeland No 13,412 27,781 41,193 32.6% 67.4% 82,193 50.1%South Norfolk No 13,332 32,400 45,732 29.2% 70.8% 96,837 47.2%South Northamptonshire No 9,064 22,860 31,924 28.4% 71.6% 66,665 47.9%South Oxfordshire No 14,776 33,565 48,341 30.6% 69.4% 99,849 48.4%

South Ribble No 8,845 25,582 34,427 25.7% 74.3% 86,222 39.9%South Somerset No 18,489 42,239 60,728 30.4% 69.6% 125,291 48.5%South Staffordshire No 7,349 27,769 35,118 20.9% 79.1% 85,482 41.1%South Tyneside No 12,533 31,991 44,524 28.1% 71.9% 114,366 38.9%Southampton No 23,062 39,257 62,319 37.0% 63.0% 164,726 37.8%

Southend-on-Sea No 13,488 34,365 47,853 28.2% 71.8% 125,504 38.1%Southwark Yes 32,695 29,304 61,999 52.7% 47.3% 180,698 34.3%Spelthorne No 7,687 21,873 29,560 26.0% 74.0% 70,567 41.9%St Albans No 18,934 33,443 52,377 36.1% 63.9% 101,445 51.6%St Edmundsbury No 9,789 24,607 34,396 28.5% 71.5% 80,848 42.5%

St Helens No 14,682 36,753 51,435 28.5% 71.5% 136,690 37.6%Stafford No 11,711 32,937 44,648 26.2% 73.8% 97,033 46.0%Staffordshire Moorlands No 7,749 24,504 32,253 24.0% 76.0% 77,486 41.6%Stevenage No 7,311 17,927 25,238 29.0% 71.0% 60,605 41.6%Stockport No 29,930 59,937 89,867 33.3% 66.7% 217,116 41.4%

Stockton-on-Tees No 13,877 40,763 54,640 25.4% 74.6% 141,142 38.7%Stoke-on-Trent No 15,814 41,277 57,091 27.7% 72.3% 185,415 30.8%Stratford-on-Avon No 11,982 34,766 46,748 25.6% 74.4% 93,695 49.9%Stroud No 15,154 28,376 43,530 34.8% 65.2% 88,847 49.0%Suffolk Coastal No 13,452 33,524 46,976 28.6% 71.4% 94,793 49.6%

Sunderland No 21,476 59,392 80,868 26.6% 73.4% 214,850 37.6%Surrey Heath No 7,116 21,725 28,841 24.7% 75.3% 63,239 45.6%Sutton No 16,930 35,003 51,933 32.6% 67.4% 133,714 38.8%Swale No 9,634 28,948 38,582 25.0% 75.0% 95,176 40.5%Swindon No 17,803 41,286 59,089 30.1% 69.9% 151,980 38.9%

Tameside No 16,516 43,187 59,703 27.7% 72.3% 167,483 35.6%Tamworth No 4,829 16,449 21,278 22.7% 77.3% 57,899 36.8%Tandridge No 8,286 20,572 28,858 28.7% 71.3% 60,824 47.4%Taunton Deane No 12,380 26,339 38,719 32.0% 68.0% 82,518 46.9%Teignbridge No 14,994 33,016 48,010 31.2% 68.8% 100,865 47.6%

Telford and Wrekin No 14,097 36,213 50,310 28.0% 72.0% 120,188 41.9%Tendring No 13,627 33,363 46,990 29.0% 71.0% 107,555 43.7%Test Valley No 11,798 31,360 43,158 27.3% 72.7% 89,731 48.1%Tewkesbury No 8,052 21,291 29,343 27.4% 72.6% 64,132 45.8%Thanet No 10,168 28,613 38,781 26.2% 73.8% 92,547 41.9%

Three Rivers No 7,985 20,779 28,764 27.8% 72.2% 65,171 44.1%Thurrock No 9,307 28,284 37,591 24.8% 75.2% 108,669 34.6%Tonbridge and Malling No 9,880 29,700 39,580 25.0% 75.0% 88,251 44.8%Torbay No 12,156 30,428 42,584 28.5% 71.5% 102,859 41.4%Torridge No 7,030 16,363 23,393 30.1% 69.9% 51,343 45.6%

Tower Hamlets No 20,286 23,975 44,261 45.8% 54.2% 153,376 28.9%Trafford No 22,687 48,602 71,289 31.8% 68.2% 168,105 42.4%Tunbridge Wells No 10,892 25,469 36,361 30.0% 70.0% 79,371 45.8%Uttlesford No 7,624 21,595 29,219 26.1% 73.9% 59,406 49.2%Vale of White Horse No 14,737 30,507 45,244 32.6% 67.4% 92,388 49.0%

Wakefield No 25,776 62,531 88,307 29.2% 70.8% 249,595 35.4%Walsall No 18,437 52,641 71,078 25.9% 74.1% 190,207 37.4%Waltham Forest No 22,140 31,118 53,258 41.6% 58.4% 157,904 33.7%Wandsworth No 30,152 46,737 76,889 39.2% 60.8% 207,802 37.0%Warrington No 19,134 40,442 59,576 32.1% 67.9% 152,217 39.1%

Warwick No 16,371 32,210 48,581 33.7% 66.3% 96,983 50.1%Watford No 9,259 16,814 26,073 35.5% 64.5% 63,074 41.3%Waveney No 10,035 28,162 38,197 26.3% 73.7% 89,008 42.9%Waverley No 12,718 33,723 46,441 27.4% 72.6% 90,045 51.6%Wealden No 14,275 40,667 54,942 26.0% 74.0% 114,884 47.8%

Wellingborough No 6,349 18,044 24,393 26.0% 74.0% 53,759 45.4%Welwyn Hatfield No 8,876 23,482 32,358 27.4% 72.6% 75,716 42.7%West Berkshire No 15,637 39,235 54,872 28.5% 71.5% 113,091 48.5%


West Devon No 6,713 14,805 21,518 31.2% 68.8% 42,331 50.8%West Dorset No 13,688 28,391 42,079 32.5% 67.5% 79,312 53.1%

West Lancashire No 9,288 24,804 34,092 27.2% 72.8% 85,943 39.7%West Lindsey No 8,223 22,882 31,105 26.4% 73.6% 71,515 43.5%West Oxfordshire No 10,766 26,739 37,505 28.7% 71.3% 77,986 48.1%West Somerset No 3,671 10,503 14,174 25.9% 74.1% 28,134 50.4%Westminster No 15,279 24,805 40,084 38.1% 61.9% 127,540 31.4%

Weymouth and Portland No 7,048 14,961 22,009 32.0% 68.0% 51,042 43.1%Wigan No 31,201 48,793 79,994 39.0% 61.0% 239,326 33.4%Wiltshire No 45,782 113,459 159,241 28.8% 71.2% 349,691 45.5%Winchester No 15,005 32,857 47,862 31.4% 68.6% 88,876 53.9%Windsor and Maidenhead No 12,767 35,835 48,602 26.3% 73.7% 100,607 48.3%

Wirral No 28,627 73,120 101,747 28.1% 71.9% 237,631 42.8%Woking No 10,424 23,391 33,815 30.8% 69.2% 69,250 48.8%Wokingham No 15,968 39,232 55,200 28.9% 71.1% 117,104 47.1%Wolverhampton No 18,352 46,507 64,859 28.3% 71.7% 170,852 38.0%Worcester No 9,525 20,083 29,608 32.2% 67.8% 72,958 40.6%

Worthing No 9,476 21,653 31,129 30.4% 69.6% 78,607 39.6%Wychavon No 11,168 31,916 43,084 25.9% 74.1% 89,756 48.0%Wycombe No 16,965 38,872 55,837 30.4% 69.6% 122,132 45.7%Wyre No 8,763 28,829 37,592 23.3% 76.7% 85,332 44.1%Wyre Forest No 8,110 22,909 31,019 26.1% 73.9% 76,753 40.4%

York No 24,980 41,137 66,117 37.8% 62.2% 150,202 44.0%


Table 7.2: Scotland: voting by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency

Scottish Parliamentary Constituency Result Yes votes No votes Total % Yes % No Electorate Turnout

Aberdeen Central No 10,385 13,838 24,223 42.9% 57.1% 53,418 45.3%Aberdeen Donside No 9,048 17,265 26,313 34.4% 65.6% 55,151 47.7%Aberdeen South and North Kincardine No 9,818 17,945 27,763 35.4% 64.6% 53,021 52.4%Aberdeenshire East No 10,359 19,538 29,897 34.6% 65.4% 57,185 52.3%Aberdeenshire West No 10,131 18,119 28,250 35.9% 64.1% 53,266 53.0%

Airdrie and Shotts No 7,845 15,767 23,612 33.2% 66.8% 50,938 46.4%Almond Valley No 11,458 18,871 30,329 37.8% 62.2% 58,964 51.4%Angus North and Mearns No 7,877 16,739 24,616 32.0% 68.0% 51,510 47.8%Angus South No 8,404 18,834 27,238 30.9% 69.1% 54,465 50.0%Argyll and Bute No 9,526 16,580 26,106 36.5% 63.5% 48,925 53.4%

Ayr No 10,202 22,821 33,023 30.9% 69.1% 61,126 54.0%Banffshire and Buchan Coast No 7,153 17,451 24,604 29.1% 70.9% 52,856 46.5%Caithness, Sutherland and Ross No 10,364 17,848 28,212 36.7% 63.3% 54,491 51.8%Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley No 8,384 20,100 28,484 29.4% 70.6% 59,182 48.1%Clackmannanshire and Dunblane No 9,993 17,077 27,070 36.9% 63.1% 48,713 55.6%

Clydebank and Milngavie No 10,730 17,409 28,139 38.1% 61.9% 52,750 53.3%Clydesdale No 10,109 19,605 29,714 34.0% 66.0% 56,597 52.5%Coatbridge and Chryston No 8,122 14,905 23,027 35.3% 64.7% 50,818 45.3%Cowdenbeath No 8,360 16,831 25,191 33.2% 66.8% 53,890 46.7%Cumbernauld and Kilsyth No 8,857 16,024 24,881 35.6% 64.4% 47,723 52.1%

Cunninghame North No 9,935 19,299 29,234 34.0% 66.0% 56,244 52.0%Cunninghame South No 7,173 14,679 21,852 32.8% 67.2% 50,789 43.0%Dumbarton No 9,685 18,624 28,309 34.2% 65.8% 53,243 53.2%Dumfriesshire No 9,236 22,472 31,708 29.1% 70.9% 59,311 53.5%Dundee City East No 9,048 16,557 25,605 35.3% 64.7% 53,389 48.0%

Dundee City West No 8,930 15,097 24,027 37.2% 62.8% 52,430 45.8%Dunfermline No 10,069 18,869 28,938 34.8% 65.2% 55,027 52.6%East Kilbride No 10,568 19,103 29,671 35.6% 64.4% 57,995 51.2%East Lothian No 11,237 20,619 31,856 35.3% 64.7% 55,910 57.0%Eastwood No 10,914 20,768 31,682 34.4% 65.6% 50,274 63.0%

Edinburgh Central Yes 14,486 13,717 28,203 51.4% 48.6% 50,924 55.4%Edinburgh Eastern No 12,110 17,953 30,063 40.3% 59.7% 54,127 55.5%Edinburgh Northern and Leith No 14,995 15,034 30,029 49.9% 50.1% 55,883 53.7%Edinburgh Pentlands No 10,614 19,090 29,704 35.7% 64.3% 51,366 57.8%Edinburgh South No 16,549 16,569 33,118 50.0% 50.0% 53,214 62.2%

Edinburgh West No 12,421 20,689 33,110 37.5% 62.5% 55,545 59.6%Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire No 8,755 19,796 28,551 30.7% 69.3% 53,598 53.3%Falkirk East No 8,871 19,037 27,908 31.8% 68.2% 55,946 49.9%Falkirk West No 9,397 18,615 28,012 33.5% 66.5% 55,241 50.7%Galloway and West Dumfries No 9,051 20,724 29,775 30.4% 69.6% 56,221 53.0%

Glasgow Anniesland No 9,819 13,891 23,710 41.4% 58.6% 54,599 43.4%Glasgow Cathcart No 11,184 14,803 25,987 43.0% 57.0% 57,815 44.9%Glasgow Kelvin Yes 14,083 9,875 23,958 58.8% 41.2% 59,167 40.5%Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn No 9,636 10,624 20,260 47.6% 52.4% 55,555 36.5%Glasgow Pollok No 8,257 14,437 22,694 36.4% 63.6% 57,549 39.4%

Glasgow Provan No 7,616 11,365 18,981 40.1% 59.9% 54,322 34.9%Glasgow Shettleston No 7,518 13,412 20,930 35.9% 64.1% 54,795 38.2%Glasgow Southside No 10,972 11,114 22,086 49.7% 50.3% 51,013 43.3%Greenock and Inverclyde No 9,521 18,403 27,924 34.1% 65.9% 56,700 49.2%Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse No 10,181 14,963 25,144 40.5% 59.5% 55,688 45.2%

Inverness and Nairn No 11,653 20,415 32,068 36.3% 63.7% 60,651 52.9%Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley No 9,825 21,785 31,610 31.1% 68.9% 62,981 50.2%Kirkcaldy No 8,754 18,620 27,374 32.0% 68.0% 59,169 46.3%Linlithgow No 11,450 22,324 33,774 33.9% 66.1% 64,080 52.7%Mid Fife and Glenrothes No 8,014 17,830 25,844 31.0% 69.0% 53,287 48.5%

Midlothian North and Musselburgh No 10,220 19,203 29,423 34.7% 65.3% 57,602 51.1%Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale No 12,440 19,070 31,510 39.5% 60.5% 56,941 55.3%Moray No 9,991 18,212 28,203 35.4% 64.6% 55,495 50.8%Motherwell and Wishaw No 8,154 16,028 24,182 33.7% 66.3% 53,132 45.5%Na h-Eileanan an Iar No 4,117 8,735 12,852 32.0% 68.0% 21,683 59.3%

North East Fife No 11,670 17,441 29,111 40.1% 59.9% 57,280 50.8%Orkney Islands No 3,187 4,829 8,016 39.8% 60.2% 16,406 48.9%Paisley No 8,788 16,505 25,293 34.7% 65.3% 51,043 49.6%Perthshire North No 9,383 20,173 29,556 31.7% 68.3% 52,237 56.6%Perthshire South and Kinrossshire No 10,835 20,071 30,906 35.1% 64.9% 57,109 54.1%

Renfrewshire North and West No 9,070 18,200 27,270 33.3% 66.7% 48,771 55.9%Renfrewshire South No 8,880 17,808 26,688 33.3% 66.7% 49,905 53.5%Rutherglen No 9,495 17,407 26,902 35.3% 64.7% 57,531 46.8%Shetland Islands No 4,121 5,079 9,200 44.8% 55.2% 17,290 53.2%Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch No 12,490 18,937 31,427 39.7% 60.3% 56,026 56.1%

Stirling No 11,270 18,683 29,953 37.6% 62.4% 51,458 58.2%Strathkelvin and Bearsden No 11,761 21,775 33,536 35.1% 64.9% 59,101 56.7%Uddingston and Bellshill No 8,289 16,480 24,769 33.5% 66.5% 55,221 44.9%


Table 7.3: Wales: voting by National Assembly for Wales (NAW) Constituency

NAW Constituency Result Yes votes No votes Total % Yes % No Electorate Turnout

Aberavon No 6,626 11,951 18,577 35.7% 64.3% 50,552 36.7%Aberconwy No 6,248 13,888 20,136 31.0% 69.0% 44,521 45.2%Alyn and Deeside No 6,893 15,811 22,704 30.4% 69.6% 61,034 37.2%Arfon No 7,674 9,889 17,563 43.7% 56.3% 40,654 43.2%Blaenau Gwent No 6,521 13,364 19,885 32.8% 67.2% 52,954 37.6%

Brecon and Radnorshire No 10,348 17,866 28,214 36.7% 63.3% 53,296 52.9%Bridgend No 7,732 16,066 23,798 32.5% 67.5% 58,494 40.7%Caerphilly No 8,768 16,519 25,287 34.7% 65.3% 61,803 40.9%Cardiff Central No 10,641 12,656 23,297 45.7% 54.3% 62,295 37.4%Cardiff North No 11,952 22,128 34,080 35.1% 64.9% 66,105 51.6%

Cardiff South and Penarth No 10,562 16,597 27,159 38.9% 61.1% 73,441 37.0%Cardiff West No 11,278 16,074 27,352 41.2% 58.8% 63,266 43.2%Carmarthen East and Dinefwr No 9,447 18,243 27,690 34.1% 65.9% 53,964 51.3%Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire No 8,632 19,197 27,829 31.0% 69.0% 57,936 48.0%Ceredigion No 11,500 17,253 28,753 40.0% 60.0% 56,040 51.3%

Clwyd South No 6,606 13,329 19,935 33.1% 66.9% 53,848 37.0%Clwyd West No 7,524 17,371 24,895 30.2% 69.8% 57,648 43.2%Cynon Valley No 6,820 11,661 18,481 36.9% 63.1% 51,970 35.6%Delyn No 7,138 16,043 23,181 30.8% 69.2% 53,482 43.3%Dwyfor Meirionnydd No 7,425 13,268 20,693 35.9% 64.1% 44,464 46.5%

Gower No 9,251 17,394 26,645 34.7% 65.3% 61,658 43.2%Ynys Môn No 7,534 16,448 23,982 31.4% 68.6% 49,226 48.7%Islwyn No 6,618 14,068 20,686 32.0% 68.0% 54,718 37.8%Llanelli No 8,643 17,033 25,676 33.7% 66.3% 58,014 44.3%Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney No 6,876 12,208 19,084 36.0% 64.0% 54,361 35.1%

Monmouth No 9,225 20,855 30,080 30.7% 69.3% 64,554 46.6%Montgomeryshire No 8,154 14,750 22,904 35.6% 64.4% 48,321 47.4%Neath No 8,303 15,401 23,704 35.0% 65.0% 57,326 41.3%Newport East No 6,277 13,112 19,389 32.4% 67.6% 54,703 35.4%Newport West No 7,293 15,643 22,936 31.8% 68.2% 62,580 36.7%

Ogmore No 6,923 13,192 20,115 34.4% 65.6% 55,289 36.4%Pontypridd No 8,417 14,691 23,108 36.4% 63.6% 59,769 38.7%Preseli Pembrokeshire No 8,651 18,392 27,043 32.0% 68.0% 57,366 47.1%Rhondda No 7,194 12,536 19,730 36.5% 63.5% 52,436 37.6%Swansea East No 6,578 12,146 18,724 35.1% 64.9% 59,988 31.2%

Swansea West No 8,355 13,308 21,663 38.6% 61.4% 61,715 35.1%Torfaen No 7,398 14,724 22,122 33.4% 66.6% 60,955 36.3%Vale of Clwyd No 7,080 15,767 22,847 31.0% 69.0% 55,908 40.9%Vale of Glamorgan No 10,287 22,862 33,149 31.0% 69.0% 70,661 46.9%Wrexham No 5,957 12,603 18,560 32.1% 67.9% 51,424 36.1%


Table 7.4: Counting areas ranked by % No vote

Rank Local authority Result Yes votes No votes Total % Yes % No Electorate Turnout

1 Castle Point No 5,348 21,012 26,360 20.3% 79.7% 63,975 41.2%2 Broxbourne No 4,988 19,386 24,374 20.5% 79.5% 67,345 36.2%3 South Staffordshire No 7,349 27,769 35,118 20.9% 79.1% 85,482 41.1%4 Rochford No 5,542 20,931 26,473 20.9% 79.1% 64,746 40.9%5 South Holland No 5,603 20,542 26,145 21.4% 78.6% 65,648 39.8%

6 North Kesteven No 7,926 27,397 35,323 22.4% 77.6% 82,611 42.8%7 Cannock Chase No 5,621 19,151 24,772 22.7% 77.3% 75,229 32.9%8 Tamworth No 4,829 16,449 21,278 22.7% 77.3% 57,899 36.8%9 Havering No 14,592 49,691 64,283 22.7% 77.3% 179,160 35.9%

10 Boston No 3,958 13,337 17,295 22.9% 77.1% 43,698 39.6%

11 North Warwickshire No 4,918 16,509 21,427 23.0% 77.0% 49,185 43.6%12 Havant No 8,241 27,614 35,855 23.0% 77.0% 92,436 38.8%13 Hartlepool No 4,998 16,685 21,683 23.1% 76.9% 69,360 31.3%14 Fenland No 6,336 21,087 27,423 23.1% 76.9% 70,632 38.8%15 East Dorset No 8,020 26,688 34,708 23.1% 76.9% 70,612 49.2%

16 Epping Forest No 8,533 28,240 36,773 23.2% 76.8% 95,778 38.4%17 South Bucks No 5,001 16,503 21,504 23.3% 76.7% 50,382 42.7%18 Gosport No 5,321 17,546 22,867 23.3% 76.7% 60,766 37.6%19 Wyre No 8,763 28,829 37,592 23.3% 76.7% 85,332 44.1%20 Christchurch No 4,492 14,729 19,221 23.4% 76.6% 38,939 49.4%

21 North West Leicestershire No 7,575 24,780 32,355 23.4% 76.6% 71,571 45.2%22 Basildon No 10,461 34,097 44,558 23.5% 76.5% 127,516 34.9%23 Bexley No 14,929 48,630 63,559 23.5% 76.5% 169,825 37.4%24 Hertsmere No 6,772 22,005 28,777 23.5% 76.5% 72,259 39.8%25 Forest Heath No 3,327 10,757 14,084 23.6% 76.4% 37,359 37.7%

26 Fylde No 6,413 20,727 27,140 23.6% 76.4% 61,083 44.4%27 Dudley No 21,681 70,064 91,745 23.6% 76.4% 240,293 38.2%28 Lichfield No 7,938 25,572 33,510 23.7% 76.3% 78,240 42.8%29 East Lindsey No 10,571 34,045 44,616 23.7% 76.3% 105,271 42.4%30 Arun No 11,729 37,536 49,265 23.8% 76.2% 110,973 44.4%

31 Solihull No 15,778 50,298 66,076 23.9% 76.1% 160,745 41.1%32 Staffordshire Moorlands No 7,749 24,504 32,253 24.0% 76.0% 77,486 41.6%33 Maldon No 4,987 15,735 20,722 24.1% 75.9% 47,970 43.2%34 Barrow-in-Furness No 4,561 14,383 18,944 24.1% 75.9% 52,623 36.0%35 Brentwood No 6,177 19,381 25,558 24.2% 75.8% 55,420 46.1%

36 South Derbyshire No 7,463 23,323 30,786 24.2% 75.8% 71,085 43.3%37 East Northamptonshire No 6,935 21,596 28,531 24.3% 75.7% 65,336 43.7%38 King's Lynn and West Norfolk No 11,652 35,996 47,648 24.5% 75.5% 112,351 42.4%39 North East Lincolnshire No 9,549 29,484 39,033 24.5% 75.5% 114,689 34.0%40 Chiltern No 8,933 27,331 36,264 24.6% 75.4% 70,417 51.5%

41 Breckland No 9,793 29,920 39,713 24.7% 75.3% 94,346 42.1%42 Surrey Heath No 7,116 21,725 28,841 24.7% 75.3% 63,239 45.6%43 Pendle No 7,077 21,565 28,642 24.7% 75.3% 66,327 43.2%44 Fareham No 9,825 29,874 39,699 24.7% 75.3% 87,586 45.3%45 Thurrock No 9,307 28,284 37,591 24.8% 75.2% 108,669 34.6%

46 Ribble Valley No 4,982 15,138 20,120 24.8% 75.2% 45,023 44.7%47 Great Yarmouth No 6,325 19,207 25,532 24.8% 75.2% 69,805 36.6%48 Daventry No 6,699 20,305 27,004 24.8% 75.2% 58,883 45.9%49 Sevenoaks No 9,849 29,850 39,699 24.8% 75.2% 86,050 46.1%50 Braintree No 11,501 34,788 46,289 24.8% 75.2% 107,739 43.0%

51 Bassetlaw No 8,757 26,441 35,198 24.9% 75.1% 84,371 41.7%52 Tonbridge and Malling No 9,880 29,700 39,580 25.0% 75.0% 88,251 44.8%53 Swale No 9,634 28,948 38,582 25.0% 75.0% 95,176 40.5%54 Copeland No 5,628 16,907 22,535 25.0% 75.0% 55,243 40.8%55 East Staffordshire No 9,129 27,155 36,284 25.2% 74.8% 83,633 43.4%

56 New Forest No 16,135 47,732 63,867 25.3% 74.7% 143,218 44.6%57 Kettering No 7,500 22,174 29,674 25.3% 74.7% 69,162 42.9%58 North Tyneside No 16,296 48,078 64,374 25.3% 74.7% 153,920 41.8%59 Dartford No 7,256 21,397 28,653 25.3% 74.7% 69,487 41.2%60 Selby No 7,094 20,907 28,001 25.3% 74.7% 63,588 44.0%

61 Stockton-on-Tees No 13,877 40,763 54,640 25.4% 74.6% 141,142 38.7%62 Allerdale No 8,354 24,533 32,887 25.4% 74.6% 73,120 45.0%63 Richmondshire No 4,088 12,002 16,090 25.4% 74.6% 34,488 46.7%64 Chorley No 8,598 25,119 33,717 25.5% 74.5% 79,548 42.4%65 Barnsley No 15,868 46,335 62,203 25.5% 74.5% 174,713 35.6%

66 Isle of Wight No 11,311 32,841 44,152 25.6% 74.4% 110,177 40.1%67 Erewash No 9,255 26,863 36,118 25.6% 74.4% 83,923 43.0%68 Stratford-on-Avon No 11,982 34,766 46,748 25.6% 74.4% 93,695 49.9%69 Hyndburn No 6,167 17,891 24,058 25.6% 74.4% 60,401 39.8%70 Medway No 18,817 54,540 73,357 25.7% 74.3% 185,726 39.5%

71 South Ribble No 8,845 25,582 34,427 25.7% 74.3% 86,222 39.9%72 Harborough No 8,156 23,577 31,733 25.7% 74.3% 66,106 48.0%73 Rother No 8,718 25,167 33,885 25.7% 74.3% 70,563 48.0%74 Blackpool No 10,544 30,343 40,887 25.8% 74.2% 111,424 36.7%75 Maidstone No 12,214 35,113 47,327 25.8% 74.2% 111,996 42.3%

76 North Lincolnshire No 12,542 36,031 48,573 25.8% 74.2% 123,653 39.3%77 South Kesteven No 11,247 32,217 43,464 25.9% 74.1% 102,288 42.5%78 West Somerset No 3,671 10,503 14,174 25.9% 74.1% 28,134 50.4%79 Bromsgrove No 8,432 24,118 32,550 25.9% 74.1% 73,038 44.6%80 Wychavon No 11,168 31,916 43,084 25.9% 74.1% 89,756 48.0%


81 Walsall No 18,437 52,641 71,078 25.9% 74.1% 190,207 37.4%82 Bolsover No 5,890 16,815 22,705 25.9% 74.1% 57,423 39.5%83 North East Derbyshire No 8,624 24,576 33,200 26.0% 74.0% 78,060 42.5%84 Wealden No 14,275 40,667 54,942 26.0% 74.0% 114,884 47.8%85 Blaby No 7,862 22,388 30,250 26.0% 74.0% 72,386 41.8%

86 Spelthorne No 7,687 21,873 29,560 26.0% 74.0% 70,567 41.9%87 Wellingborough No 6,349 18,044 24,393 26.0% 74.0% 53,759 45.4%88 Uttlesford No 7,624 21,595 29,219 26.1% 73.9% 59,406 49.2%89 Wyre Forest No 8,110 22,909 31,019 26.1% 73.9% 76,753 40.4%90 East Riding of Yorkshire No 29,358 82,929 112,287 26.1% 73.9% 267,318 42.0%

91 Thanet No 10,168 28,613 38,781 26.2% 73.8% 92,547 41.9%92 Chichester No 10,856 30,549 41,405 26.2% 73.8% 89,467 46.3%93 Stafford No 11,711 32,937 44,648 26.2% 73.8% 97,033 46.0%94 Ashfield No 9,149 25,693 34,842 26.3% 73.7% 90,299 38.6%95 Windsor and Maidenhead No 12,767 35,835 48,602 26.3% 73.7% 100,607 48.3%

96 Waveney No 10,035 28,162 38,197 26.3% 73.7% 89,008 42.9%97 East Hampshire No 11,259 31,550 42,809 26.3% 73.7% 88,868 48.2%98 Harlow No 5,823 16,226 22,049 26.4% 73.6% 59,020 37.4%99 West Lindsey No 8,223 22,882 31,105 26.4% 73.6% 71,515 43.5%

100 Hinckley and Bosworth No 9,642 26,771 36,413 26.5% 73.5% 82,988 43.9%

101 Ryedale No 5,042 13,987 19,029 26.5% 73.5% 41,895 45.4%102 Doncaster No 21,179 58,726 79,905 26.5% 73.5% 218,687 36.5%103 Dover No 9,897 27,386 37,283 26.5% 73.5% 82,753 45.1%104 Sunderland No 21,476 59,392 80,868 26.6% 73.4% 214,850 37.6%105 Elmbridge No 11,200 30,930 42,130 26.6% 73.4% 96,240 43.8%

106 Redcar and Cleveland No 11,554 31,859 43,413 26.6% 73.4% 104,848 41.4%107 Redditch No 6,385 17,547 23,932 26.7% 73.3% 63,562 37.7%108 Melton No 4,590 12,563 17,153 26.8% 73.2% 38,611 44.4%109 Gateshead No 16,214 44,366 60,580 26.8% 73.2% 146,741 41.3%110 Shepway No 8,920 24,342 33,262 26.8% 73.2% 79,557 41.8%

111 Ashford No 10,349 28,132 38,481 26.9% 73.1% 85,778 44.9%112 Newcastle-under-Lyme No 9,473 25,644 35,117 27.0% 73.0% 97,451 36.0%113 Newark and Sherwood No 10,211 27,621 37,832 27.0% 73.0% 84,378 44.8%114 Rossendale No 5,361 14,480 19,841 27.0% 73.0% 52,355 37.9%115 Broadland No 12,073 32,607 44,680 27.0% 73.0% 95,298 46.9%

116 Rugby No 8,733 23,574 32,307 27.0% 73.0% 72,027 44.9%117 Central Bedfordshire No 21,774 58,496 80,270 27.1% 72.9% 191,682 41.9%118 Runnymede No 6,297 16,901 23,198 27.1% 72.9% 58,414 39.7%119 Bury No 15,625 41,878 57,503 27.2% 72.8% 141,289 40.7%120 Burnley No 7,037 18,822 25,859 27.2% 72.8% 66,580 38.8%

121 West Lancashire No 9,288 24,804 34,092 27.2% 72.8% 85,943 39.7%122 Cheshire East No 33,241 88,669 121,910 27.3% 72.7% 284,434 42.9%123 Gravesham No 8,266 22,023 30,289 27.3% 72.7% 70,279 43.1%124 Northumberland No 27,252 72,500 99,752 27.3% 72.7% 244,601 40.8%125 Test Valley No 11,798 31,360 43,158 27.3% 72.7% 89,731 48.1%

126 Waverley No 12,718 33,723 46,441 27.4% 72.6% 90,045 51.6%127 Welwyn Hatfield No 8,876 23,482 32,358 27.4% 72.6% 75,716 42.7%128 Tewkesbury No 8,052 21,291 29,343 27.4% 72.6% 64,132 45.8%129 Rutland No 3,809 10,048 13,857 27.5% 72.5% 28,293 49.0%130 East Hertfordshire No 12,716 33,478 46,194 27.5% 72.5% 102,107 45.2%

131 Tameside No 16,516 43,187 59,703 27.7% 72.3% 167,483 35.6%132 Blackburn with Darwen No 11,393 29,787 41,180 27.7% 72.3% 101,055 40.8%133 Stoke-on-Trent No 15,814 41,277 57,091 27.7% 72.3% 185,415 30.8%134 Basingstoke and Deane No 14,837 38,681 53,518 27.7% 72.3% 123,139 43.5%135 Three Rivers No 7,985 20,779 28,764 27.8% 72.2% 65,171 44.1%

136 Mole Valley No 9,541 24,748 34,289 27.8% 72.2% 64,958 52.8%137 Poole No 13,367 34,655 48,022 27.8% 72.2% 112,874 42.5%138 Reigate and Banstead No 11,891 30,827 42,718 27.8% 72.2% 99,133 43.1%139 Cheshire West and Chester No 30,322 78,450 108,772 27.9% 72.1% 253,465 42.9%140 Cotswold No 9,462 24,367 33,829 28.0% 72.0% 67,135 50.4%

141 Telford and Wrekin No 14,097 36,213 50,310 28.0% 72.0% 120,188 41.9%142 Halton No 8,763 22,432 31,195 28.1% 71.9% 91,906 33.9%143 Purbeck No 4,979 12,741 17,720 28.1% 71.9% 36,333 48.8%144 Huntingdonshire No 15,145 38,725 53,870 28.1% 71.9% 121,752 44.2%145 Wirral No 28,627 73,120 101,747 28.1% 71.9% 237,631 42.8%

146 South Tyneside No 12,533 31,991 44,524 28.1% 71.9% 114,366 38.9%147 Mansfield No 8,474 21,610 30,084 28.2% 71.8% 79,399 37.9%148 Southend-on-Sea No 13,488 34,365 47,853 28.2% 71.8% 125,504 38.1%149 Corby No 5,078 12,933 18,011 28.2% 71.8% 42,123 42.8%150 Bolton No 20,825 53,037 73,862 28.2% 71.8% 195,204 37.8%

151 Mid Suffolk No 10,177 25,828 36,005 28.3% 71.7% 75,070 48.0%152 Crawley No 7,993 20,275 28,268 28.3% 71.7% 72,100 39.2%153 Wolverhampton No 18,352 46,507 64,859 28.3% 71.7% 170,852 38.0%154 Darlington No 9,134 23,096 32,230 28.3% 71.7% 77,726 41.5%155 Shropshire No 27,221 68,732 95,953 28.4% 71.6% 228,139 42.1%

156 South Northamptonshire No 9,064 22,860 31,924 28.4% 71.6% 66,665 47.9%157 St Edmundsbury No 9,789 24,607 34,396 28.5% 71.5% 80,848 42.5%158 West Berkshire No 15,637 39,235 54,872 28.5% 71.5% 113,091 48.5%159 Adur No 5,357 13,412 18,769 28.5% 71.5% 47,216 39.8%160 St Helens No 14,682 36,753 51,435 28.5% 71.5% 136,690 37.6%

161 Torbay No 12,156 30,428 42,584 28.5% 71.5% 102,859 41.4%


162 North Dorset No 7,342 18,371 25,713 28.6% 71.4% 52,436 49.0%163 Gedling No 11,089 27,745 38,834 28.6% 71.4% 86,961 44.7%164 Sandwell No 21,738 54,355 76,093 28.6% 71.4% 217,642 35.0%165 Chelmsford No 15,934 39,829 55,763 28.6% 71.4% 125,965 44.3%

166 Oldham No 17,076 42,623 59,699 28.6% 71.4% 159,853 37.3%167 Suffolk Coastal No 13,452 33,524 46,976 28.6% 71.4% 94,793 49.6%168 Eden No 5,342 13,302 18,644 28.7% 71.3% 41,363 45.1%169 West Oxfordshire No 10,766 26,739 37,505 28.7% 71.3% 77,986 48.1%170 Tandridge No 8,286 20,572 28,858 28.7% 71.3% 60,824 47.4%

171 Gloucester No 9,964 24,730 34,694 28.7% 71.3% 87,837 39.5%172 Bracknell Forest No 9,677 24,001 33,678 28.7% 71.3% 82,165 41.0%173 Bromley No 27,286 67,671 94,957 28.7% 71.3% 230,337 41.2%174 Wiltshire No 45,782 113,459 159,241 28.8% 71.2% 349,691 45.5%175 Durham No 40,435 100,203 140,638 28.8% 71.2% 402,455 34.9%

176 East Devon No 14,778 36,605 51,383 28.8% 71.2% 102,938 49.9%177 Middlesbrough No 10,416 25,721 36,137 28.8% 71.2% 101,229 35.7%178 Wokingham No 15,968 39,232 55,200 28.9% 71.1% 117,104 47.1%179 Plymouth No 20,251 49,743 69,994 28.9% 71.1% 180,979 38.7%180 Stevenage No 7,311 17,927 25,238 29.0% 71.0% 60,605 41.6%

181 Epsom and Ewell No 7,240 17,741 24,981 29.0% 71.0% 54,376 45.9%182 Rochdale No 16,390 40,146 56,536 29.0% 71.0% 157,428 35.9%183 Nuneaton and Bedworth No 9,809 24,021 33,830 29.0% 71.0% 93,721 36.1%184 Tendring No 13,627 33,363 46,990 29.0% 71.0% 107,555 43.7%185 Banffshire and Buchan Coast No 7,153 17,451 24,604 29.1% 70.9% 52,856 46.5%

186 Dumfriesshire No 9,236 22,472 31,708 29.1% 70.9% 59,311 53.5%187 South Norfolk No 13,332 32,400 45,732 29.2% 70.8% 96,837 47.2%188 Wakefield No 25,776 62,531 88,307 29.2% 70.8% 249,595 35.4%189 Babergh No 9,423 22,819 32,242 29.2% 70.8% 69,095 46.7%190 North Norfolk No 11,799 28,555 40,354 29.2% 70.8% 81,144 49.7%

191 Oadby and Wigston No 5,600 13,523 19,123 29.3% 70.7% 44,648 42.8%192 Charnwood No 16,114 38,902 55,016 29.3% 70.7% 130,220 42.2%193 Hillingdon No 18,888 45,535 64,423 29.3% 70.7% 189,421 34.0%194 Rotherham No 21,613 51,996 73,609 29.4% 70.6% 190,430 38.7%195 Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley No 8,384 20,100 28,484 29.4% 70.6% 59,182 48.1%

196 Sefton No 23,925 57,289 81,214 29.5% 70.5% 208,731 38.9%197 Amber Valley No 12,432 29,745 42,177 29.5% 70.5% 96,579 43.7%198 South Gloucestershire No 27,179 64,993 92,172 29.5% 70.5% 200,474 46.0%199 Cherwell No 12,944 30,925 43,869 29.5% 70.5% 101,134 43.4%200 Bournemouth No 14,030 33,468 47,498 29.5% 70.5% 132,482 35.9%

201 Craven No 6,091 14,527 20,618 29.5% 70.5% 44,195 46.7%202 Herefordshire No 18,665 44,448 63,113 29.6% 70.4% 137,328 46.0%203 Forest of Dean No 8,727 20,758 29,485 29.6% 70.4% 64,804 45.5%204 Derbyshire Dales No 8,795 20,893 29,688 29.6% 70.4% 57,091 52.0%205 Rushmoor No 7,417 17,596 25,013 29.7% 70.3% 64,408 38.8%

206 Barking and Dagenham No 9,436 22,338 31,774 29.7% 70.3% 114,643 27.7%207 Harrogate No 16,179 37,998 54,177 29.9% 70.1% 116,710 46.4%208 Malvern Hills No 8,368 19,617 27,985 29.9% 70.1% 58,863 47.5%209 Chesterfield No 10,335 24,190 34,525 29.9% 70.1% 80,554 42.9%210 Tunbridge Wells No 10,892 25,469 36,361 30.0% 70.0% 79,371 45.8%

211 Torridge No 7,030 16,363 23,393 30.1% 69.9% 51,343 45.6%212 Northampton No 17,651 41,065 58,716 30.1% 69.9% 148,814 39.5%213 Derby No 20,502 47,622 68,124 30.1% 69.9% 174,151 39.1%214 Ipswich No 10,859 25,195 36,054 30.1% 69.9% 91,874 39.2%215 Swindon No 17,803 41,286 59,089 30.1% 69.9% 151,980 38.9%

216 Lincoln No 6,951 16,099 23,050 30.2% 69.8% 62,837 36.7%217 Aylesbury Vale No 17,777 41,096 58,873 30.2% 69.8% 129,380 45.5%218 Scarborough No 10,148 23,440 33,588 30.2% 69.8% 84,661 39.7%219 Clwyd West No 7,524 17,371 24,895 30.2% 69.8% 57,648 43.2%220 Dacorum No 14,438 33,295 47,733 30.2% 69.8% 106,646 44.8%

221 Cornwall No 51,184 117,770 168,954 30.3% 69.7% 420,921 40.1%222 Alyn and Deeside No 6,893 15,811 22,704 30.4% 69.6% 61,034 37.2%223 Eastbourne No 9,565 21,920 31,485 30.4% 69.6% 70,849 44.4%224 Wycombe No 16,965 38,872 55,837 30.4% 69.6% 122,132 45.7%225 Galloway and West Dumfries No 9,051 20,724 29,775 30.4% 69.6% 56,221 53.0%

226 Worthing No 9,476 21,653 31,129 30.4% 69.6% 78,607 39.6%227 South Somerset No 18,489 42,239 60,728 30.4% 69.6% 125,291 48.5%228 Sedgemoor No 11,221 25,549 36,770 30.5% 69.5% 88,118 41.7%229 South Oxfordshire No 14,776 33,565 48,341 30.6% 69.4% 99,849 48.4%230 Kingston upon Hull No 17,475 39,554 57,029 30.6% 69.4% 181,472 31.4%

231 North Devon No 10,446 23,637 34,083 30.6% 69.4% 74,558 45.7%232 Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire No 8,755 19,796 28,551 30.7% 69.3% 53,598 53.3%233 Monmouth No 9,225 20,855 30,080 30.7% 69.3% 64,554 46.6%234 Horsham No 15,039 33,878 48,917 30.7% 69.3% 102,347 47.8%235 Salford No 16,601 37,373 53,974 30.8% 69.2% 164,182 32.9%

236 Bedford No 16,184 36,421 52,605 30.8% 69.2% 111,834 47.0%237 Delyn No 7,138 16,043 23,181 30.8% 69.2% 53,482 43.3%238 Woking No 10,424 23,391 33,815 30.8% 69.2% 69,250 48.8%239 Angus South No 8,404 18,834 27,238 30.9% 69.1% 54,465 50.0%240 Eastleigh No 12,796 28,644 41,440 30.9% 69.1% 94,378 43.9%

241 North Hertfordshire No 13,592 30,410 44,002 30.9% 69.1% 95,782 45.9%242 Ayr No 10,202 22,821 33,023 30.9% 69.1% 61,126 54.0%243 Hart No 9,817 21,873 31,690 31.0% 69.0% 68,064 46.6%


244 Vale of Clwyd No 7,080 15,767 22,847 31.0% 69.0% 55,908 40.9%245 Calderdale No 18,494 41,175 59,669 31.0% 69.0% 146,667 40.7%

246 Guildford No 14,982 33,351 48,333 31.0% 69.0% 100,288 48.2%247 Mid Fife and Glenrothes No 8,014 17,830 25,844 31.0% 69.0% 53,287 48.5%248 Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire No 8,632 19,197 27,829 31.0% 69.0% 57,936 48.0%249 East Cambridgeshire No 8,262 18,365 26,627 31.0% 69.0% 60,890 43.7%250 Aberconwy No 6,248 13,888 20,136 31.0% 69.0% 44,521 45.2%

251 Vale of Glamorgan No 10,287 22,862 33,149 31.0% 69.0% 70,661 46.9%252 Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley No 9,825 21,785 31,610 31.1% 68.9% 62,981 50.2%253 Carlisle No 10,202 22,611 32,813 31.1% 68.9% 83,016 39.5%254 Mid Devon No 8,737 19,349 28,086 31.1% 68.9% 59,229 47.4%255 Preston No 11,413 25,218 36,631 31.2% 68.8% 96,259 38.1%

256 West Devon No 6,713 14,805 21,518 31.2% 68.8% 42,331 50.8%257 Teignbridge No 14,994 33,016 48,010 31.2% 68.8% 100,865 47.6%258 Broxtowe No 12,703 27,840 40,543 31.3% 68.7% 84,304 48.1%259 Knowsley No 11,343 24,859 36,202 31.3% 68.7% 110,803 32.7%260 Winchester No 15,005 32,857 47,862 31.4% 68.6% 88,876 53.9%

261 Luton No 16,002 34,980 50,982 31.4% 68.6% 129,249 39.4%262 North Somerset No 22,473 49,101 71,574 31.4% 68.6% 156,025 45.9%263 Ynys Môn No 7,534 16,448 23,982 31.4% 68.6% 49,226 48.7%264 Mid Sussex No 15,659 33,704 49,363 31.7% 68.3% 103,572 47.7%265 Perthshire North No 9,383 20,173 29,556 31.7% 68.3% 52,237 56.6%

266 Falkirk East No 8,871 19,037 27,908 31.8% 68.2% 55,946 49.9%267 Newport West No 7,293 15,643 22,936 31.8% 68.2% 62,580 36.7%268 Milton Keynes No 21,773 46,646 68,419 31.8% 68.2% 166,664 41.1%269 Trafford No 22,687 48,602 71,289 31.8% 68.2% 168,105 42.4%270 Taunton Deane No 12,380 26,339 38,719 32.0% 68.0% 82,518 46.9%

271 Kirkcaldy No 8,754 18,620 27,374 32.0% 68.0% 59,169 46.3%272 Preseli Pembrokeshire No 8,651 18,392 27,043 32.0% 68.0% 57,366 47.1%273 Islwyn No 6,618 14,068 20,686 32.0% 68.0% 54,718 37.8%274 Angus North and Mearns No 7,877 16,739 24,616 32.0% 68.0% 51,510 47.8%275 Weymouth and Portland No 7,048 14,961 22,009 32.0% 68.0% 51,042 43.1%

276 Na h-Eileanan an Iar No 4,117 8,735 12,852 32.0% 68.0% 21,683 59.3%277 Peterborough No 15,534 32,878 48,412 32.1% 67.9% 119,240 40.6%278 Wrexham No 5,957 12,603 18,560 32.1% 67.9% 51,424 36.1%279 Lancaster No 13,504 28,555 42,059 32.1% 67.9% 108,334 38.8%280 Warrington No 19,134 40,442 59,576 32.1% 67.9% 152,217 39.1%

281 Rushcliffe No 14,083 29,739 43,822 32.1% 67.9% 84,984 51.6%282 Worcester No 9,525 20,083 29,608 32.2% 67.8% 72,958 40.6%283 Kensington and Chelsea No 9,696 20,332 30,028 32.3% 67.7% 87,514 34.3%284 Newport East No 6,277 13,112 19,389 32.4% 67.6% 54,703 35.4%285 Redbridge No 20,524 42,717 63,241 32.5% 67.5% 192,533 32.8%

286 Portsmouth No 16,577 34,490 51,067 32.5% 67.5% 142,886 35.7%287 Hastings No 7,349 15,277 22,626 32.5% 67.5% 61,590 36.7%288 Bridgend No 7,732 16,066 23,798 32.5% 67.5% 58,494 40.7%289 West Dorset No 13,688 28,391 42,079 32.5% 67.5% 79,312 53.1%290 South Lakeland No 13,412 27,781 41,193 32.6% 67.4% 82,193 50.1%

291 Vale of White Horse No 14,737 30,507 45,244 32.6% 67.4% 92,388 49.0%292 Sutton No 16,930 35,003 51,933 32.6% 67.4% 133,714 38.8%293 High Peak No 10,443 21,569 32,012 32.6% 67.4% 71,604 44.7%294 Bradford No 42,858 87,838 130,696 32.8% 67.2% 329,139 39.7%295 Blaenau Gwent No 6,521 13,364 19,885 32.8% 67.2% 52,954 37.6%

296 South Hams No 11,343 23,241 34,584 32.8% 67.2% 67,786 51.0%297 Cunninghame South No 7,173 14,679 21,852 32.8% 67.2% 50,789 43.0%298 Croydon No 28,789 58,475 87,264 33.0% 67.0% 243,612 35.8%299 Coventry No 27,629 56,037 83,666 33.0% 67.0% 223,676 37.4%300 Kirklees No 42,270 85,395 127,665 33.1% 66.9% 303,515 42.1%

301 Clwyd South No 6,606 13,329 19,935 33.1% 66.9% 53,848 37.0%302 Cowdenbeath No 8,360 16,831 25,191 33.2% 66.8% 53,890 46.7%303 Airdrie and Shotts No 7,845 15,767 23,612 33.2% 66.8% 50,938 46.4%304 Renfrewshire North and West No 9,070 18,200 27,270 33.3% 66.7% 48,771 55.9%305 Renfrewshire South No 8,880 17,808 26,688 33.3% 66.7% 49,905 53.5%

306 Stockport No 29,930 59,937 89,867 33.3% 66.7% 217,116 41.4%307 Canterbury No 15,398 30,759 46,157 33.4% 66.6% 104,358 44.2%308 Torfaen No 7,398 14,724 22,122 33.4% 66.6% 60,955 36.3%309 Uddingston and Bellshill No 8,289 16,480 24,769 33.5% 66.5% 55,221 44.9%310 Falkirk West No 9,397 18,615 28,012 33.5% 66.5% 55,241 50.7%

311 Llanelli No 8,643 17,033 25,676 33.7% 66.3% 58,014 44.3%312 Warwick No 16,371 32,210 48,581 33.7% 66.3% 96,983 50.1%313 Motherwell and Wishaw No 8,154 16,028 24,182 33.7% 66.3% 53,132 45.5%314 Harrow No 20,990 40,993 61,983 33.9% 66.1% 163,792 37.8%315 Linlithgow No 11,450 22,324 33,774 33.9% 66.1% 64,080 52.7%

316 Enfield No 23,521 45,721 69,242 34.0% 66.0% 196,016 35.3%317 Cunninghame North No 9,935 19,299 29,234 34.0% 66.0% 56,244 52.0%318 Clydesdale No 10,109 19,605 29,714 34.0% 66.0% 56,597 52.5%319 Greenock and Inverclyde No 9,521 18,403 27,924 34.1% 65.9% 56,700 49.2%320 Carmarthen East and Dinefwr No 9,447 18,243 27,690 34.1% 65.9% 53,964 51.3%

321 Colchester No 17,809 34,293 52,102 34.2% 65.8% 123,741 42.1%322 Dumbarton No 9,685 18,624 28,309 34.2% 65.8% 53,243 53.2%323 Leeds No 71,506 136,632 208,138 34.4% 65.6% 543,476 38.3%324 Aberdeen Donside No 9,048 17,265 26,313 34.4% 65.6% 55,151 47.7%325 Ogmore No 6,923 13,192 20,115 34.4% 65.6% 55,289 36.4%


326 Eastwood No 10,914 20,768 31,682 34.4% 65.6% 50,274 63.0%327 Lewes No 12,531 23,738 36,269 34.6% 65.4% 74,108 48.9%328 Aberdeenshire East No 10,359 19,538 29,897 34.6% 65.4% 57,185 52.3%329 South Cambridgeshire No 18,351 34,594 52,945 34.7% 65.3% 107,412 49.3%330 Caerphilly No 8,768 16,519 25,287 34.7% 65.3% 61,803 40.9%

331 Mendip No 14,419 27,162 41,581 34.7% 65.3% 83,849 49.6%332 Isles of Scilly No 288 542 830 34.7% 65.3% 1,737 47.8%333 Gower No 9,251 17,394 26,645 34.7% 65.3% 61,658 43.2%334 Midlothian North and Musselburgh No 10,220 19,203 29,423 34.7% 65.3% 57,602 51.1%335 Paisley No 8,788 16,505 25,293 34.7% 65.3% 51,043 49.6%

336 Dunfermline No 10,069 18,869 28,938 34.8% 65.2% 55,027 52.6%337 Stroud No 15,154 28,376 43,530 34.8% 65.2% 88,847 49.0%338 Hambleton No 11,281 20,991 32,272 35.0% 65.0% 70,189 46.0%339 Neath No 8,303 15,401 23,704 35.0% 65.0% 57,326 41.3%340 Perthshire South and Kinrossshire No 10,835 20,071 30,906 35.1% 64.9% 57,109 54.1%

341 Strathkelvin & Bearsden No 11,761 21,775 33,536 35.1% 64.9% 59,101 56.7%342 Cardiff North No 11,952 22,128 34,080 35.1% 64.9% 66,105 51.6%343 Swansea East No 6,578 12,146 18,724 35.1% 64.9% 59,988 31.2%344 Barnet No 30,153 55,451 85,604 35.2% 64.8% 220,342 38.9%345 Coatbridge and Chryston No 8,122 14,905 23,027 35.3% 64.7% 50,818 45.3%

346 East Lothian No 11,237 20,619 31,856 35.3% 64.7% 55,910 57.0%347 Rutherglen No 9,495 17,407 26,902 35.3% 64.7% 57,531 46.8%348 Dundee City East No 9,048 16,557 25,605 35.3% 64.7% 53,389 48.0%349 Aberdeen South and North Kincardine No 9,818 17,945 27,763 35.4% 64.6% 53,021 52.4%350 Merton No 18,375 33,573 51,948 35.4% 64.6% 130,419 39.8%

351 Moray No 9,991 18,212 28,203 35.4% 64.6% 55,495 50.8%352 Watford No 9,259 16,814 26,073 35.5% 64.5% 63,074 41.3%353 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth No 8,857 16,024 24,881 35.6% 64.4% 47,723 52.1%354 Montgomeryshire No 8,154 14,750 22,904 35.6% 64.4% 48,321 47.4%355 East Kilbride No 10,568 19,103 29,671 35.6% 64.4% 57,995 51.2%

356 Aberavon No 6,626 11,951 18,577 35.7% 64.3% 50,552 36.7%357 Birmingham No 94,835 170,749 265,584 35.7% 64.3% 726,042 36.6%358 Edinburgh Pentlands No 10,614 19,090 29,704 35.7% 64.3% 51,366 57.8%359 Newcastle upon Tyne No 28,766 51,484 80,250 35.8% 64.2% 196,899 40.8%360 Aberdeenshire West No 10,131 18,119 28,250 35.9% 64.1% 53,266 53.0%

361 Dwyfor Meirionnydd No 7,425 13,268 20,693 35.9% 64.1% 44,464 46.5%362 Glasgow Shettleston No 7,518 13,412 20,930 35.9% 64.1% 54,795 38.2%363 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney No 6,876 12,208 19,084 36.0% 64.0% 54,361 35.1%364 St Albans No 18,934 33,443 52,377 36.1% 63.9% 101,445 51.6%365 Inverness and Nairn No 11,653 20,415 32,068 36.3% 63.7% 60,651 52.9%

366 Cheltenham No 12,972 22,695 35,667 36.4% 63.6% 86,309 41.3%367 Glasgow Pollok No 8,257 14,437 22,694 36.4% 63.6% 57,549 39.4%368 Liverpool No 41,035 71,739 112,774 36.4% 63.6% 313,993 35.9%369 Pontypridd No 8,417 14,691 23,108 36.4% 63.6% 59,769 38.7%370 Rhondda No 7,194 12,536 19,730 36.5% 63.5% 52,436 37.6%

371 Argyll and Bute No 9,526 16,580 26,106 36.5% 63.5% 48,925 53.4%372 Brecon and Radnorshire No 10,348 17,866 28,214 36.7% 63.3% 53,296 52.9%373 Caithness, Sutherland and Ross No 10,364 17,848 28,212 36.7% 63.3% 54,491 51.8%374 Cynon Valley No 6,820 11,661 18,481 36.9% 63.1% 51,970 35.6%375 Clackmannanshire and Dunblane No 9,993 17,077 27,070 36.9% 63.1% 48,713 55.6%

376 Southampton No 23,062 39,257 62,319 37.0% 63.0% 164,726 37.8%377 Dundee City West No 8,930 15,097 24,027 37.2% 62.8% 52,430 45.8%378 Nottingham No 25,564 42,853 68,417 37.4% 62.6% 193,320 35.4%379 Edinburgh West No 12,421 20,689 33,110 37.5% 62.5% 55,545 59.6%380 Stirling No 11,270 18,683 29,953 37.6% 62.4% 51,458 58.2%

381 Almond Valley No 11,458 18,871 30,329 37.8% 62.2% 58,964 51.4%382 York No 24,980 41,137 66,117 37.8% 62.2% 150,202 44.0%383 Westminster No 15,279 24,805 40,084 38.1% 61.9% 127,540 31.4%384 Clydebank and Milngavie No 10,730 17,409 28,139 38.1% 61.9% 52,750 53.3%385 Slough No 11,956 19,397 31,353 38.1% 61.9% 84,580 37.1%

386 Bath and North East Somerset No 25,042 40,471 65,513 38.2% 61.8% 134,464 48.7%387 Sheffield No 61,141 98,563 159,704 38.3% 61.7% 385,793 41.4%388 Swansea West No 8,355 13,308 21,663 38.6% 61.4% 61,715 35.1%389 Cardiff South and Penarth No 10,562 16,597 27,159 38.9% 61.1% 73,441 37.0%390 Exeter No 14,432 22,605 37,037 39.0% 61.0% 85,294 43.4%

391 Reading No 17,605 27,571 45,176 39.0% 61.0% 108,236 41.7%392 Wigan No 31,201 48,793 79,994 39.0% 61.0% 239,326 33.4%393 Greenwich No 20,618 32,039 52,657 39.2% 60.8% 158,603 33.2%394 Hounslow No 20,953 32,550 53,503 39.2% 60.8% 163,331 32.8%395 Wandsworth No 30,152 46,737 76,889 39.2% 60.8% 207,802 37.0%

396 Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale No 12,440 19,070 31,510 39.5% 60.5% 56,941 55.3%397 Kingston upon Thames No 18,230 27,945 46,175 39.5% 60.5% 107,874 42.8%398 Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch No 12,490 18,937 31,427 39.7% 60.3% 56,026 56.1%399 Orkney Islands No 3,187 4,829 8,016 39.8% 60.2% 16,406 48.9%400 Ceredigion No 11,500 17,253 28,753 40.0% 60.0% 56,040 51.3%

401 North East Fife No 11,670 17,441 29,111 40.1% 59.9% 57,280 50.8%402 Glasgow Provan No 7,616 11,365 18,981 40.1% 59.9% 54,322 34.9%403 Edinburgh Eastern No 12,110 17,953 30,063 40.3% 59.7% 54,127 55.5%404 Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse No 10,181 14,963 25,144 40.5% 59.5% 55,688 45.2%405 Hammersmith and Fulham No 16,889 24,380 41,269 40.9% 59.1% 109,386 37.7%

406 Richmond upon Thames No 24,796 35,768 60,564 40.9% 59.1% 128,638 47.1%


407 Cardiff West No 11,278 16,074 27,352 41.2% 58.8% 63,266 43.2%408 Glasgow Anniesland No 9,819 13,891 23,710 41.4% 58.6% 54,599 43.4%409 Waltham Forest No 22,140 31,118 53,258 41.6% 58.4% 157,904 33.7%410 Leicester No 38,005 50,678 88,683 42.9% 57.1% 216,550 41.0%

411 Aberdeen Central No 10,385 13,838 24,223 42.9% 57.1% 53,418 45.3%412 Glasgow Cathcart No 11,184 14,803 25,987 43.0% 57.0% 57,815 44.9%413 Ealing No 32,445 42,565 75,010 43.3% 56.7% 207,846 36.1%414 Northern Ireland No 289,088 372,706 661,794 43.7% 56.3% 1,198,966 55.2%415 Arfon No 7,674 9,889 17,563 43.7% 56.3% 40,654 43.2%

416 Newham No 21,085 27,169 48,254 43.7% 56.3% 177,666 27.2%417 Manchester No 48,442 60,495 108,937 44.5% 55.5% 346,023 31.5%418 Bristol No 56,433 69,878 126,311 44.7% 55.3% 304,351 41.5%419 Shetland Islands No 4,121 5,079 9,200 44.8% 55.2% 17,290 53.2%420 Brent No 25,551 30,941 56,492 45.2% 54.8% 183,541 30.8%

421 Norwich No 18,231 21,852 40,083 45.5% 54.5% 98,060 40.9%422 Cardiff Central No 10,641 12,656 23,297 45.7% 54.3% 62,295 37.4%423 Tower Hamlets No 20,286 23,975 44,261 45.8% 54.2% 153,376 28.9%424 City of London No 1,196 1,384 2,580 46.4% 53.6% 6,068 42.5%425 Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn No 9,636 10,624 20,260 47.6% 52.4% 55,555 36.5%

426 Lewisham No 28,184 28,929 57,113 49.3% 50.7% 172,573 33.1%427 Glasgow Southside No 10,972 11,114 22,086 49.7% 50.3% 51,013 43.3%428 Brighton and Hove No 43,948 44,198 88,146 49.9% 50.1% 195,217 45.2%429 Edinburgh Northern and Leith No 14,995 15,034 30,029 49.9% 50.1% 55,883 53.7%430 Edinburgh South No 16,549 16,569 33,118 50.0% 50.0% 53,214 62.2%

431 Edinburgh Central Yes 14,486 13,717 28,203 51.4% 48.6% 50,924 55.4%432 Camden Yes 26,275 24,845 51,120 51.4% 48.6% 137,117 37.3%433 Southwark Yes 32,695 29,304 61,999 52.7% 47.3% 180,698 34.3%434 Oxford Yes 21,693 18,395 40,088 54.1% 45.9% 102,836 39.0%435 Cambridge Yes 21,253 17,871 39,124 54.3% 45.7% 81,273 48.1%

436 Lambeth Yes 34,712 28,758 63,470 54.7% 45.3% 191,929 33.1%437 Haringey Yes 30,310 23,223 53,533 56.6% 43.4% 150,299 35.6%438 Islington Yes 27,553 20,851 48,404 56.9% 43.1% 135,677 35.7%439 Glasgow Kelvin Yes 14,083 9,875 23,958 58.8% 41.2% 59,167 40.5%440 Hackney Yes 30,969 20,064 51,033 60.7% 39.3% 149,606 34.1%


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