Somerset Votes Leave
Only Mendip of all the districts of Somerset voted to remain within the EU in last night’s referendum. It was particularly interesting that those areas of our county with most at risk from leaving, Sedgemoor (where the EdF nuclear power station is now unlikely to go ahead) and South Somerset (where both Westland’s Italian owners and ABP’s Irish owners will be looking anxiously over the shoulders at the implications) voted heavily in favour of leaving.
So if nothing else, we can say we are at least in step with our nation as a whole. The full results for Somerset are as below:
Mendip
Turnout: 77.0%
Remain: 33427
Leave: 32028
Sedgemoor
Turnout: 76.3%
Remain: 26545
Leave: 41869
South Somerset
Turnout: 78.7%
Remain: 42527
Leave: 56940
Taunton Deane
Turnout: 78.2%
Remain: 30944
Leave: 34789
West Somerset
Turnout: 79.2%
Remain: 8566
Leave: 13168