Yes. Leave won 51.9% to 48.1%.
Yes. In the referendum on 23 June 2016, UK voters chose to leave the European Union by 51.9% to 48.1%.
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The 2016 EU membership referendum asked whether the UK should remain a member of or leave the EU. Leave won a narrow majority of the votes cast. The result was not legally binding but the government committed to implementing it, triggering Article 50 in March 2017, and the UK left the EU on 31 January 2020, with the transition period ending on 31 December 2020.
- The referendum was held on 23 June 2016.
- Leave received about 17.4 million votes; Remain about 16.1 million.
- Turnout was about 72.2%.
- England and Wales voted Leave; Scotland and Northern Ireland voted Remain.
- The UK formally left the EU on 31 January 2020.