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The UKIP MEP for the West Midlands James Carver believes the Conservative party will have to examine its future in the wake of the referendum result.
Quote Message[David Cameron] led the campaign for a remain vote and it's quite clear [there are] big issues facing the Conservative party."
James Carver, UKIP MEP for the West Midlands
Matthew Bone
Political reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester
Here's a detailed breakdown of how some of the areas in Herefordshire and Worcestershire voted:
- The biggest wins for Leave were in the north of Worcestershire with 63% of people in the Wyre Forest and 62% of people in Redditch voting to leave the EU
- Worcester, often seen as a bellweather for the way the country will go, also voted to leave by 54% to 46%
- Around 80% of people in Malvern, Wychavon and Bromsgrove voted, some of the highest turnouts in the country. All three voted leave: 58% in Wychavon, 52% in Malvern and 55% in Bromsgrove
- Herefordshire wasn't far behind - 59% of people there backed Brexit
David Cameron has announced his intention to resign in the wake of the European Union referendum vote.
Speaking outside Number 10, Mr Cameron - accompanied by his wife Samantha - said the will of the British people must be respected.
Image source, bbcMatthew Bone
Political reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester
In Herefordshire and Worcestershire all of our constituencies voted to leave the EU.
Overall, in Herefordshire 59% of people voted to leave - in Worcestershire the leave figure was 57%.
Patrick Burns
Political editor, Midlands
Here's my verdict on a "remarkable night" in the region.
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Reacting to the result, Vote Leave chairwoman and Labour MP Gisela Stuart, who lives in Worcestershire, says she feels really excited that the people "weren't bullied by the establishment".
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"I think it's now a responsibility for us as politicians to act in the best interests of the nation. So calm down, take cool steps but put that process in play," she adds.
Quote MessageWe will work with European partners, we will work on an international level as before, it is simply the democratic governance structure which we have rejected. It is not the outward-lookingness that we have rejected."
BBC News UK
The story of the night as the UK votes to leave the European Union in a referendum.
Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor
David Cameron's closest colleagues say that he's a lucky politician. When it comes to the biggest gamble of his career, his luck has dramatically run out.
Image source, APIn a snub to him, a snub to the status quo, and a snub to the entire political establishment, the UK has voted to leave the European Union, to tear up the settlement the country's had for decades, unleashing, perhaps huge opportunity, or perhaps huge risk, perhaps both.
Read more of my analysis on the EU Referendum vote on the BBC News website.
Jubilant Leave campaigners in Wyre Forest are celebrating after winning a clear majority in the EU Referendum. , external
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Mike Taylor
BBC Midlands Today
We've crunched the numbers and here's how the European Union Referendum votes broke down in the BBC Hereford and Worcester area.
Nick Watson
Sunday Politics Midlands
The West Midlands voted decisively to Leave the European Union in yesterday's referendum.
North Warwickshire was the first of the region's areas to declare with a decisive 67% versus 33% in favour of Leave.
It proved to be the start of a series of convincing victories across the patch as result after result here backed the Brexit option.
Image source, PAThere was some brief respite with Remain coming out on top in Cotswold and Warwick but they were scant reward what was a night of misery for pro EU supporters.
When Coventry and then Birmingham - by a whisker - backed Leave it became clear that there could only be one winner.
The West Midlands delivered a devastating verdict giving a landslide victory for the Leave campaign on an historic night for British and European politics.
People across Herefordshire and Worcestershire have voted decisively to leave the European Union in yesterday's referendum.
Counting has taken place overnight and every area here has declared - with all of them having a Leave majority.
Malvern Hills and Wyre Forest were among the first parts to declare for Leave, followed by every other part of Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
In the last few minutes, across the UK, the Leave campaign has officially passed the winning post in the EU referendum.
Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
A big, historic day for Herefordshire and Worcestershire this Friday morning with the EU Referendum results being declared this morning.
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