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EU Referendum: Majority of areas in the West vote leave EU Referendum: Majority of areas in the West vote leave
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People in many parts of the West of England have voted to leave the EU. The EU Referendum vote has been split in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.
Voters in Swindon, Wiltshire, West Somerset, Taunton Deane, Sedgemoor, North Somerset, Tewkesbury, South Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Gloucester and the Forest of Dean backed the Leave vote. Voters in Bristol elected to remain, while those in South Gloucestershire and North Somerset backed the Leave vote.
Those in Bristol, Cheltenham, Stroud, Cotswold, Mendip and Bath and North East Somerset voted to remain. The Bristol vote saw 141,027 (62%) people vote to remain. Turnout was 73%.
The Swindon vote saw 61,745 (54.7%) people vote to leave. Turnout was 76%. In South Gloucestershire 83,405 (53%) and in North Somerset 64,976 (52%) voted to leave. Turnout was 76% and 77% respectively.
In Stroud 55% voted to remain, with 40,446 votes to 33,618. Turnout was 80%. Conservative MP for North Somerset, Liam Fox, said the UK had made a "courageous" vote to change the "course of our history".
Meanwhile 58% of voters in Gloucester voted to leave, by 37,776 votes to 26,801, with a 72% turnout. "It's going to be some time before we leave. We want to leave on good terms - it's in our mutual interest to do that," he said.
In the Forest of Dean 59% voted to leave, by 30,251 votes to 21,392 and turnout was 77%. He added he would "like to see the Prime Minister say he'll stay on".
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