23 June 2016
Question
A referendum was held asking the following question:
Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?
Results
The following results were declared by the returning officer:
Option | Medway | % | UK | % | |
Leave the European Union | 88,997 | 64.1 | 17,410,742 | 51.9 | |
Remain a member of the European Union | 49,889 | 35.9 | 16,141,241 | 48.1 | |
Turnout | 72.2 |
To order the options by their ballot paper order, number of votes received in Medway or number of votes received in the UK, click on the appropriate column heading.
Rejected Ballots (Medway)
The number of votes rejected and not counted at this election was:
No official mark | 0 | |
Both answers voted for | 27 | |
Writing or mark which could identify the voter | 9 | |
Total | 36 |
Medway Result
UK Result
Results by Ward
In all of Medway's 22 council wards, Leave the European Union received more votes than Remain a member of the European Union, but the margin between Leave and Remain was narrower in some wards than in others.
Ward | Leave % | Remain % | |
Peninsula | 71.6 | 28.4 | |
Strood South | 70.9 | 29.1 | |
Twydall | 70.9 | 29.1 | |
Luton and Wayfield | 69.0 | 31.0 | |
Lordswood and Capstone | 67.9 | 32.1 | |
Rainham South | 67.2 | 32.8 | |
Gillingham North | 66.8 | 33.2 | |
Strood Rural | 66.4 | 33.6 | |
Princes Park | 66.1 | 33.9 | |
Rainham North | 65.5 | 34.5 | |
Cuxton and Halling | 64.1 | 35.9 | |
Walderslade | 63.9 | 36.1 | |
Strood North | 63.8 | 36.2 | |
Chatham Central | 62.8 | 37.2 | |
Gillingham South | 62.7 | 37.3 | |
Rochester South and Horsted | 60.8 | 39.2 | |
Watling | 59.5 | 40.5 | |
Hempstead and Wigmore | 59.3 | 40.7 | |
River | 58.3 | 41.7 | |
Rochester East | 57.4 | 42.6 | |
Rainham Central | 56.6 | 43.4 | |
Rochester West | 54.3 | 45.7 |
To view the full results for each ward, please click on the ward name above. To order the wards by their name or the level of support each referendum option received, click on the appropriate column heading.