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| Essex EU Referendum: County's 14 districts vote Brexit | |
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| Every district in Essex has voted to leave the European Union in what Nigel Farage has called "Britain's Independence Day". | Every district in Essex has voted to leave the European Union in what Nigel Farage has called "Britain's Independence Day". |
| The turnout was 999,283 - more than 75% - with 62.3% voting to leave. | The turnout was 999,283 - more than 75% - with 62.3% voting to leave. |
| Castle Point and Thurrock had Essex's highest percentage of Leave voters with 72%, whilst Uttlesford had the highest remain share at 49%. | Castle Point and Thurrock had Essex's highest percentage of Leave voters with 72%, whilst Uttlesford had the highest remain share at 49%. |
| Clacton's UKIP MP, Douglas Carswell, tweeted a photo of the Vote Leave campaign office saying: "Yes we did!". | Clacton's UKIP MP, Douglas Carswell, tweeted a photo of the Vote Leave campaign office saying: "Yes we did!". |
| Five of the county's 18 MPs had said they wanted to remain in the EU, with the remainder saying they wanted to leave. | Five of the county's 18 MPs had said they wanted to remain in the EU, with the remainder saying they wanted to leave. |
| Follow updates on the Essex EU Referendum vote | Follow updates on the Essex EU Referendum vote |
| Harlow's Conservative MP Robert Halfon said "the people had spoken", and it was a "wake-up call to do what the people want us to do". | Harlow's Conservative MP Robert Halfon said "the people had spoken", and it was a "wake-up call to do what the people want us to do". |
| Pro-Leave Conservative MP for Harwich and North Essex, Bernard Jenkin, said Chancellor George Osborne needed to "start being reassuring" to stablise markets following Britain's decision to leave the EU. | Pro-Leave Conservative MP for Harwich and North Essex, Bernard Jenkin, said Chancellor George Osborne needed to "start being reassuring" to stablise markets following Britain's decision to leave the EU. |
| "The markets are responding to what the Chancellor's told them is going to be a terrible thing," Mr Jenkin said. | "The markets are responding to what the Chancellor's told them is going to be a terrible thing," Mr Jenkin said. |
| "He's got to change tack very quickly and say 'I was wrong, there isn't going to be an earthquake, there isn't going to be a plague of frogs' - he needs to start being reassuring, otherwise he'll be out of a job." | "He's got to change tack very quickly and say 'I was wrong, there isn't going to be an earthquake, there isn't going to be a plague of frogs' - he needs to start being reassuring, otherwise he'll be out of a job." |
| Labour MEP Richard Howitt, who had campaigned on behalf of Remain, said: "We have to accept that we live in a democracy and respect the rules of the game. | Labour MEP Richard Howitt, who had campaigned on behalf of Remain, said: "We have to accept that we live in a democracy and respect the rules of the game. |
| "I don't believe, however pro-European I may be, that could ever trump the decision of the people in an elected vote." | "I don't believe, however pro-European I may be, that could ever trump the decision of the people in an elected vote." |