Telford & Wrekin and Shropshire referendum results declared
The results of the UK referendum which asked voters if they wanted to keep the first-past-the-post system for Westminster elections or switch to the alternative vote system has been declared in Telford & Wrekin and Shropshire.
The turnout in the referendum in Telford and Wrekin was 43.05% of the electorate. Of those who voted in the referendum in the borough, 14,097 (28 %) voted yes and 36,213 (72%) voted no.
In Shropshire the turn-out was 42.15%, the result was 27,221 votes for yes (28.4%) and 68,732 votes for no (71.6 per cent).
The results for both Telford & Wrekin and Shropshire have now been passed to the Electoral Commission who will be collating all results from returning officers across the UK to decide the outcome of the referendum.
