Teesside votes to LEAVE the EU
Overwhelming decision across our region
TEESSIDE has voted overwhelmingly for the UK to leave the European Union.
And the rest of the UK has followed - we've voted to LEAVE the European Union.
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A at the begining of the count last night it was a different picture - all eyes were on the North East - 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
As the results trickled in from across our region the picture on Teesside became clearer.
Each borough in our region voted by more than 60% in favour of Leave.
Our reporter Hannah Smith is out and about in Teesside for us.
Breakdown of Teesside results:
Middlesbrough - LEAVE (40,177 vs 21,181)
Stockton - LEAVE (61,982 vs 38,433)
Redcar and Cleveland - LEAVE (48,128 vs 24,586)
Hartlepool - LEAVE (32,071 vs 14,029)