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| EU referendum: Barking and Dagenham vote to leave | EU referendum: Barking and Dagenham vote to leave |
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| Barking and Dagenham has voted to leave the EU, while the City of London, Lambeth and Wandsworth have voted in favour of remaining. | Barking and Dagenham has voted to leave the EU, while the City of London, Lambeth and Wandsworth have voted in favour of remaining. |
| City of London, the first borough to return a result, voted to remain with 3,312 as opposed to 1,087 for leave. | City of London, the first borough to return a result, voted to remain with 3,312 as opposed to 1,087 for leave. |
| Lambeth voted to remain, with 111,584 votes (79%) compared with 30,340 in favour of leave. In Wandsworth 75% (118,463) voted to remain. | |
| In Barking and Dagenham 62% (27,750) were for leave, with 38% for remain. | In Barking and Dagenham 62% (27,750) were for leave, with 38% for remain. |
| Hammersmith and Fulham also voted to remain along with Islington, Richmond-upon-Thames, Merton and Westminster. | |
| In Islington 76,420 votes were in favour as opposed to 25,180 wanting to leave. | |
| In Hammersmith and Fulham 56,188 votes were cast for remain while just 24,054 want to leave. | |
| With 82% turnout, 69% of voters in Richmond chose to remain with the union while 31% were against the move. | |
| In Westminster 53,928 voted to remain, while less than half that number want to leave. | |
| More than 63,000 Merton voters were in favour while 37,097 want to exit. | |
| At least four million Londoners voted in the referendum, representing a 74% turnout - the highest since the 1950 general election when more than 80% voted. | At least four million Londoners voted in the referendum, representing a 74% turnout - the highest since the 1950 general election when more than 80% voted. |
| Earlier Laura Kuenssberg, BBC's political editor, said experts predicted nearly 1.9 million people in inner London areas were likely to vote remain while Leave campaigners expected favourable results in outer London. "London is an island", she added. | |
| BBC London political editor Tim Donovan said the turnout is the second highest ever, with the highest turnout in London seen in the 1950 general election. | |
| It is not automatically clear what effect the weather might have had on the voting in the capital as parts of London were flooded during the day, he added. |