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The final result of the referendum for the United Kingdom and Gibraltar was declared at Manchester Town Hall at 0720 BST on Friday 24 June 2016, after all the 382 voting areas and the twelve UK regions had declared their results, by the Chief Counting Officer (CCO) for the referendum, Jenny Watson.
The German economist Clemens Fuest wrote that there was a liberal, free-trade bloc in the EU comprising the UK, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, Slovakia, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, controlling 32% of the votes in the European Council and standing in opposition to the dirigiste, protectionist policies ...
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In the absence of any significant changes in the positions of the political parties, as expected, the government was defeated in the 15 January vote by 432 votes to 202. The 230-vote margin of defeat was the worst for any government in modern Parliamentary history. [76] 196 Conservative MPs, 3 Labour MPs and 3 independent MPs supported the deal.
On 18 July 2016, Bloomberg News reported that the UK's vote to leave the EU was having a negative impact on the Republic of Ireland, a country with close economic and cultural ties to the UK. Share prices in Ireland fell after the result, while exporters warned that a weaker British currency would drive down wages and economic growth in a ...
This phenomenon has been argued by experts such as Henderson A, Jeffery C, Wincott D, Wyn Jones R, to be driven heavily by national identity in England that makes up 84% of the UK population and therefore holds the most sway over referendums that support the populous vote. [64] Some Brexit supporters found the West Lothian question to be a ...
The same Acts only permitted UK nationals who had lived overseas for less than 15 years to vote, thus excluding a large number of British Europeans who were directly concerned, from voting either. [ 18 ] This meant that a total of around 46.5 million people would be eligible to cast a vote in the referendum.
Euroscepticism in the UK. UK opinion polling on EU membership; Campaigns for a referendum People's Pledge; Labour for a Referendum; Bloomberg speech; In or Out; 2013–14 EU (Referendum) Bill (unsuccessful) 2014 European Parliament election; 2014 UK Parliament by-elections. Clacton; Heywood and Middleton; Rochester and Strood; 2015 UK general ...