Official announcement of UK referendum result

(24 Jun 2016) POOL Manchester - 24 June 2016 1. Jenny Watson coming onto the stage to announce result of the UK referendum 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jenny Watson, Chairwoman of United Kingdom Electoral Commission "Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, local totals for all 382 voting areas have now been certified and announced and I have therefore been able to certify the results of the Referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union. As Chief Counting Officer for the Referendum of the UK's membership of the European Union, held on 23 June 2016, I hereby give notice that I certified the following: the total number of ballot papers counted was 33,577,342. The total number of votes cast in favour of Remain was 16,141,241. The total number of votes cast in favour of Leave was 17,410,742. The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows. No official mark: 232. Both answers voted for: 9,084. Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified: 836. Unmarked or void for uncertainty: 15,207. The total number of ballot papers rejected was 25,359. This means that the UK has voted to leave the European Union." STORYLINE: Jenny Watson, Chairwoman of United Kingdom Electoral Commission, officially declared on Friday that Britain has voted to leave the European Union. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...