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| EU referendum: Sunderland votes Leave, Newcastle Remain | EU referendum: Sunderland votes Leave, Newcastle Remain |
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| People in Sunderland and have voted strongly in favour of leaving the European Union, while Newcastle has voted narrowly to remain. | People in Sunderland and have voted strongly in favour of leaving the European Union, while Newcastle has voted narrowly to remain. |
| Leave won in Sunderland by 22%, while Newcastle voted for Remain by a margin of 1% - tighter than predicted. | Leave won in Sunderland by 22%, while Newcastle voted for Remain by a margin of 1% - tighter than predicted. |
| In Hartlepool, there was an even larger majority for the Leave vote at 40%. | |
| Middlesbrough, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Redcar and Cleveland have also voted to leave, and five North East areas are still to declare. | |
| Following the Sunderland result, the value of Sterling dropped by about 3% on the markets. | Following the Sunderland result, the value of Sterling dropped by about 3% on the markets. |
| See local results here. | See local results here. |
| Follow the latest news on the BBC's live EU referendum page | Follow the latest news on the BBC's live EU referendum page |
| UKIP and Leave Sunderland organiser, Richard Elvin, put the result down to voters responding to Remain "scaremongering" over the future of the Nissan plant. | UKIP and Leave Sunderland organiser, Richard Elvin, put the result down to voters responding to Remain "scaremongering" over the future of the Nissan plant. |
| Both areas are traditionally Labour, and shadow home secretary Andy Burnham told local supporters who had voted to leave that "we hear you". | Both areas are traditionally Labour, and shadow home secretary Andy Burnham told local supporters who had voted to leave that "we hear you". |
| He said: "We understand what you are saying. This referendum can't mark the end of the process." | He said: "We understand what you are saying. This referendum can't mark the end of the process." |
| As the extent of the Leave vote emerged across the region, former business secretary and Remain campaigner Sir Vince Cable said: "I think people in the highly-deprived areas of the North East are expressing their frustration in this way." | |
| Richard Moss, Political Editor, BBC Look North | |
| The Leave campaign expected to do well, but has done better than it might have thought, with so far only Newcastle voting to remain. | |
| It is also performing particularly strongly on Teesside, with in Hartlepool seven out of 10 people voting for Brexit. | |
| Labour is saying austerity is to blame, but Vote Leave says people didn't buy the scaremongering stories about job losses. |