2016 EU Referendum

European Referendum

On 23 June 2016, the country voted on 'Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?'

Name of option	Number of votes
Leave	40,177 (65.5%)
Remain	21,181 (34.5%)

Number of ballots counted: 61,358
Turnout: 64.89%

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows
No official mark	0
Both answers voted for	16
Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified	1
Unmarked or void for uncertainty	18
The total number of ballot papers rejected was	35

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