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| EU referendum: East of England backs Brexit | EU referendum: East of England backs Brexit |
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| The east of England has overwhelmingly voted in favour of Britain leaving the EU. | The east of England has overwhelmingly voted in favour of Britain leaving the EU. |
| Basildon, which declared its result early on, set the trend for the region, with 68.6% backing a Brexit. | Basildon, which declared its result early on, set the trend for the region, with 68.6% backing a Brexit. |
| Across the 47 council areas of the eastern region 1,880,367 have voted leave and 1,448,616 remain. | |
| Just five areas in the east - Norwich, Cambridge and St Albans among them - voted to remain. The other 42 voted to leave. | |
| Responding to the results, the eastern region's Labour MEP Richard Howitt, said: "Despite some of the stupidity and excesses of the campaign, in the end we will look back and say - with a very high turnout - that the Great British electorate has undertaken a democratic process. | |
| "But I hope that also all of us will respect the result." | |
| UKIP Clacton MP Douglas Carswell said Mr Cameron had a "duty" to the British people to oversee the exit from Europe as Prime Minister. | |
| "What we need to do is make sure we keep our heads and we act in the national interest, and not in the narrow partisan interests of any one party." | |
| By Tom Barton, BBC East | By Tom Barton, BBC East |
| We have long known that the east of England is one of the most Eurosceptic parts of Great Britain. | We have long known that the east of England is one of the most Eurosceptic parts of Great Britain. |
| In the past few hours, that fact has shown itself to be overwhelmingly true. | In the past few hours, that fact has shown itself to be overwhelmingly true. |
| Across Essex and right up the east coast, people voted for Brexit. The same is also true further west, with a few notable exceptions such Norwich and Cambridge. | Across Essex and right up the east coast, people voted for Brexit. The same is also true further west, with a few notable exceptions such Norwich and Cambridge. |
| As the sun rises over Lowestoft this region - just like the rest of Britain - is changed forever. | As the sun rises over Lowestoft this region - just like the rest of Britain - is changed forever. |
| 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 |