Date
Mon 23 Jun 2025
On 23 Jun 2016 the UK held a referendum to decide whether to remain or leave the EU. The result announced on 24 Jun was that the UK had voted by a majority of 51.9% to 48.1% to leave the EU. The turnout was 72.2% (electorate 46,555,001), which means that 37.44% of the electorate had voted to leave the EU. The Prime Minister, David Cameron immediately announced his resignation.