UK European Union Referendum 2016 Voting Totals

EU referendum results contain voting totals from the UK's national vote on membership in the European Union held on 23 June 2016. The dataset is provided by Cambridgeshire Insight, sourcing official data from the UK Electoral Commission. The platform record was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional vote share differences using `area_name`, `electorate`, and `votes_cast` columns.
• Model the relationship between `turnout` percentage and demographic factors from other datasets.
• Calculate the `remain` and `leave` vote margins for each reporting district.
• Visualize the geographic distribution of the referendum result using `region` or constituency codes.

Strengths

• Covers a definitive national political event with a single-day vote on 23 June 2016.
• Data is sourced from the official UK Electoral Commission, an authoritative government body.
• Provides complete national coverage of the referendum outcome across all voting areas.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, column names, and granularity (e.g., ward-level vs. regional) are unknown.
• Lacks accompanying demographic or historical voting data for deeper comparative analysis.
• The data is a static snapshot of a past event with no ongoing updates.

Provenance

Source

UK Electoral Commission, aggregated by Cambridgeshire Insight.

Collection Method

Officially reported and certified voting totals from the referendum.

Time Range

23 June 2016.

Freshness

Static historical dataset; platform record updated April 2026.

Geography

United Kingdom (national coverage).