Results of the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016

United Kingdom European Union Membership Referendum
Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?
Location	United Kingdom Gibraltar
Date	23 June 2016
Results Votes  % Leave 17,410,742 7001518900000000000♠51.89% Remain 16,141,241 7001481100000000000♠48.11% Valid votes 33,551,983 7001999200000000000♠99.92% Invalid or blank votes 25,359 6998800000000000000♠0.08% Total votes 33,577,342 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 46,500,001 7001722109999999999♠72.21%
Results by voting areas   Leave —   Remain
On the map, the darker shades for a colour indicate a larger margin.

The United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, also known as the EU referendum, took place in the United Kingdom and Gibraltar on 23 June 2016.Membership of the European Union has been a topic of debate in the United Kingdom since the country joined the European Economic Community (the Common Market), as it was known then, in 1973.

The referendum was conducted very differently to the European Communities membership referendum in 1975 with a different counting procedure and was also overseen by the Electoral Commission, a public body which didn't exist at the time of the first vote.

This article lists, by voting area, all the results of the referendum, each ordered into national and regional sections.

Under the provisions of the European Union Referendum Act 2015 there were a total of 382 voting areas across twelve regions using the same boundaries as used in European Parliamentary elections since 1999 under the provisions of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 with votes counted at local authority level: in England the 326 local government districts were used as the voting areas; these consist of all unitary authorities, all metropolitan boroughs, all shire districts, the London boroughs, the City of London and the Isles of Scilly. The nine regions of England were then also used to count the votes at the regional level with Gibraltar being a part of South West England. Northern Ireland was a single voting area, as well as being a regional count although local totals by Westminster parliamentary constituency area were announced. In Scotland the 32 Scottish councils were used as voting areas and a single national count. In Wales the 22 Welsh Councils were used as the voting areas and a single national count.