EU referendum: Luton votes for Brexit

Luton has voted for Britain to leave the European Union.

By The Newsroom

Published 24th Jun 2016, 07:00 GMT

Updated 24th Jun 2016, 08:12 GMT

Britain has voted to leave the European Union by more than one million votes.

In all 36,708 people in Luton voted for remain, 47,773 for leave (56%).

Luton’s total turnout was 84,636 (66.32%) - 70,337 of those votes were made at polling stations.

Voters in Central Bedfordshire also voted to leave the EU.

In all 89,134 backed Brexit (56%), while 69,670 (44%) wanted to stay in the European Union.