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On 24 June 2016, the recorded result was that the UK voted to leave the European Union by 51.89% for Leave to 48.11% for Remain, a margin of 3.78%. This corresponded to 17,410,742 votes to leave and 16,141,241 to remain, a margin of 1,269,501 votes.
[266] That offer was still on the table at the time of the Brexit referendum, but expired when the vote determined that the UK would leave the EU. [ 267 ] The possibility that the UK's smaller constituent countries could vote to remain within the EU but find themselves withdrawn from the EU led to discussion about the risk to the unity of the ...
The vote was originally scheduled to be held on 11 December 2018 but on 10 December, May postponed it because it became clear the government's Brexit deal would be voted down. [ 74 ] [ 75 ] 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 ...
As largely expected, the Brexit Party failed to win any seats in the general election. [7] Among its results the best were in Barnsley Central , where Victoria Felton came second with 30.4% of the vote; [ 8 ] Hartlepool , where party chairman Richard Tice came third with 25.8% of the vote; [ 9 ] and Hull West and Hessle , where businesswoman ...
A majority of voters supported the UK leaving the European Union, with 51.9% voting in favour of leaving and 48.1% in favour of remaining. Cameron resigned, and was succeeded by Theresa May and, later, Boris Johnson, both of whom negotiated the terms of the UK's departure.
On 13 April 2016, Vote Leave was designated by the Electoral Commission as the official campaign in favour of leaving the European Union for the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum. Vote Leave was created in October 2015, and was a cross-party campaign, including members of Parliament from the Conservatives, Labour and UKIP.
Brexit delayed until 31 January: Oct 2019: 2019 general election: Dec 2019: Agreement Act passed: Jan 2020: UK leaves the European Union: Jan 2020: Implementation period begins: Jan 2020: UK–EU trade deal agreed: Dec 2020: Future Relationship Act passed: Dec 2020: Scottish Continuity Act passed: Dec 2020: Implementation period ends: Dec 2020 ...
EU and UK negotiators agree a new withdrawal agreement. [33] 2–14 Oct 2019 41% 45%: 14% 4% 26,000 ComRes: Three-option referendum 29–30 Sep 2019 47%: 29% 24% 18% 1,620 YouGov: Online As opposed to a parliamentary vote, if a deal is negotiated. 52%: 23% 25% 29% As opposed to a parliamentary vote, if no deal is negotiated. 5–9 Sep 2019 53% ...