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In those 30 cities, votes to Remain outnumbered those to Leave by over 900,000 (about 4.9 million to 4 million or 55.2% to 44.8%), while in the other voting areas, the votes to Leave outnumbered those to Remain by nearly 2.2 million (about 13.5 million to 11.3 million, or 54.4% to 45.6%).
In Scotland the local voting areas were the 32 local councils which then fed their results into the Scottish national count, and in Wales the 22 local councils were their local voting areas before the results were then fed into the Welsh national count. Northern Ireland, as was the case in the AV referendum, was a single voting and national ...
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If the UK parliament were to vote against the deal then the government would need to present an alternative, a 'Plan B'. [66] As a result, Grieve tabled an amendment to the business motion addressing the procedure in the event parliament votes down the deal. [2] The amendment states (change in italics): [67]
On 27 June 2016, a "Brexit unit" of civil servants were tasked with "intensive work on the issues that will need to be worked through in order to present options and advice to a new Prime Minister and a new Cabinet", [129] while on 14 July, David Davis was appointed to the newly created post of Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union ...
23 May: The UK holds elections to the European Parliament. At 37.2%, turnout is the second-highest in any European election in the country. [202] The Conservatives lose 15 seats with a vote share of 9.1%, [203] making it their worst result in a national election since 1832. [204] May declaring her resignation as prime minister on 24 May 2019 [205]
The electorate voted to leave the EU with a 51.9% share of the vote, with all regions of England and Wales except London voting in favour of Brexit, and Scotland and Northern Ireland voting against. The result led to Cameron's sudden resignation, his replacement by Theresa May, and four years of negotiations with the EU on the terms of ...
2019 election (PR) – 2.2% swing from Conservative to Labour 3; 2004 election (PR) – 1.6% swing from Conservative to Labour; 1 A majority of UKIP MEPs defected to the Brexit Party over the course of the 2014-2019 Parliament, and both UKIP in 2014 and the Brexit Party in 2019 were led by Nigel Farage.