# How the UK voted

**Published by:** [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/)
**Published on:** 2016-06-24
**Categories:** brexit, britain, cities, eu, eu-referendum, london, northern-ireland, scotland, uncategorized, united-kingdom, urban, urbanism
**URL:** https://brandondonnelly.com/how-the-uk-voted

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For some reason, I woke up extra early this morning, well before my alarm. As soon as I came to and noticed the time, I immediately reached for my phone to pull up Twitter and see what happened with the UK referendum. And frankly, I was shocked to see that they had voted to leave the EU. Once I saw what had happened, I then went to my computer and started looking for maps of the voting results. Here’s one from the Guardian:They also found that the best predictor of how people voted (with Scotland being a bit of an exception) was whether or not they had a degree. Residents with higher education were more likely to vote “remain.”Here’s another vote map from the Telegraph, broken down by 12 regions:According to these regions, only Northern Ireland, Scotland, and London voted to remain. If we get a bit more granular though, the map turns into this:Not surprisingly, it is London and other big cities (remain) vs. the rest of England (leave). Here’s another case of urban divide.

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