Sunderland votes more strongly than expected to leave EU

The referendum has raised concerns across Europe that a British withdrawal could trigger a domino effect of exit votes and threaten the integrity of the bloc, already under severe strain from Eurozone and migration crises.

The Leave campaign has gained strong momentum over the past couple weeks but, with less than 24 hours to go until the historic vote, economists at the USA investment bank said they still expected Britain to remain in the UK.

David Cameron has said he will remain on as Prime Minister if the public back a Brexit. “There are far more places where “leave” are doing better than expected”.

Glasgow gave a major boost to the Remain campaign, with 168,335 votes for remain and 84,474 for leave.

A spooked euro turned tail to hit $1.1186, down 1.7 percent on that day, as an actual vote for Britain to leave could endanger the future of the entire bloc, and its single currency.

The Daily Mail hailed it as a victory by “the quiet people of Britain” over an arrogant, out-of-touch political establishment and a contemptuous Brussels.

“A lot of people’s grievances are coming out and we have got to start listening to them”, said deputy Labour Party leader John McDonnell.

The “remain” campaign, led by Prime Minister David Cameron, argues that Britain is safer and richer inside the EU. Mr Redwood said the PM should bring in talent from the Leave side to build “a new government to bind the country together”.

Asked if victory for Leave might force an election in the autumn, Mr Rees-Mogg said: “I would not rule out a new election altogether…”

Unlike the general elections past year, British broadcasters will not conduct exit polls because the margin of error for an event which has little precedent is too large.

If Leave had not been strongly ahead here, it could have indicated they would struggle to break through in areas less favourable to Brexit. Bank of England Gov. Mark Carney sought to reassure the markets.

“So if we are talking about a Leave win, even if it’s a very small one, I feel that his day is now gone”. “We believe that whatever the British people decide you have both a mandate and a duty to continue leading the nation implementing our 2015 manifesto”, the letter states.

Swindon also voted to leave, by 61,745 to 51,220, as did Broxbourne, by 33,706 votes to 17,166.

The Leave camp had been making gains in the polls with repeated swings in their favour until the end of last week.

Results are starting to come in from the Midlands, Yorkshire and Humber or London and South East of England, where voting was disrupted by flash flooding.

A record number of voters – some 46.5 million – were eligible to take part in the referendum, according to figures from the Electoral Commission.

Northern Ireland has voted to remain in the European Union, but it is still too early to establish a firm trend in a contest that remained too close to call.

“I think Nigel Farage has really jumped the gun in what he has just said”, she told the BBC.