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The leave vote is pulling away into an early lead in amongst EU Referendum voters in the east of England. The leave vote is pulling away into an early lead amongst EU Referendum voters in the east of England.
Basildon voted overwhelmingly in favour of leaving. With a 75% turnout, 67,251 voted leave compared with 30,748 for remain. Basildon voted overwhelmingly in favour of leaving, with 68.6% backing a Brexit. With a 75% turnout, 67,251 voted leave against 30,748 for remain.
In the Broxbourne area of Hertfordshire, twice as many people voted to leave as those who wanted to remain in the union.In the Broxbourne area of Hertfordshire, twice as many people voted to leave as those who wanted to remain in the union.
Brentwood, Southend and Rochford have also voted in favour of leaving. Peterborough, Southend and Rochford have also voted in favour of leaving.
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In Broxbourne, 17,166 voted to remain compared with 33,706 leave voters. The closest result in the region so far has been in Uttlesford, Essex, where 25,619 voted to remain and 26,324 voted to leave.
Hertsmere, Harlow and Watford have also voted to leave.
Conservative Ipswich MP Ben Gummer, a member of the Leave campaign, said: "It is going to be close. It is difficult to see a pattern coming through yet.
"We will have to see what happens when the big cities start coming in. Lots of the east of England was not going to be a positive result for Remain. It is going to be a long night."
The Conservative MP for Braintree James Cleverly, who has been campaigning to leave the EU, said: "It is still very, very early in the evening.
"Leave is performing a bit better than people expected and if that continues then I think we are on course for Britain to leave the EU - though we still have some big blocks of votes to come in."