Question

Results

Rejected Ballots (Medway)

Medway Result

UK Result

Results by Ward

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

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

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.