The North East votes to LEAVE the EU
Momentous decision for the whole of the UK.
The North East has voted to LEAVE the EU...
And the rest of the UK has followed, we've voted to LEAVE the European Union.
Listen to our 1 o'clock special here:
It was so tight up till around 4am this morning when the leave campaign started to edge further and further into the lead.
At the beginning of the count last night Newcastle were the first in the UK to declare...
That was a very, very tight victory for remain - at that point projections believed the UK was going to vote to stay in the EU.
Shortly after though the Sunderland count came in, and that was a MASSIVE win for Leave - by a margin of more than 30 thousand votes
From that every other part of our region voted to leave the EU - Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage hailed the Sunderland vote.
Meanwhile - our reporter Charlotte Murphy is out and about in OUR region.
Breakdown of North East results:
Newcastle - REMAIN (65,404 vs 63,598)
Gateshead - LEAVE (58,529 vs 55,429)
Co.Durham - LEAVE (153,887 vs 113,521)
North Tyneside - LEAVE (60,589 vs 52,873
South Tyneside - LEAVE (49,065 vs 30,014)
Sunderland - LEAVE (82,394 vs 51,913)
Northumberland - LEAVE (96,699 vs 82,022)