Alternative Vote: regional results

 

No: 67.9% Yes: 32.1%
Region	Yes votes	Yes %	No votes	No %
Northern Ireland	289,088	43.7	372,7060	56.3
London	734,427	39.5	1,123,480	60.5
Scotland	713,813	36.4	1,249,375	63.6
Wales	325,349	34.6	616,307	65.4
South West	564,541	31.5	1,225,305	68.5
Yorkshire & Humber	474,532	31.3	1,042,178	68.7
North West	613,249	30.2	1,416,201	69.8
South East	823,793	29.7	1,951,793	70.3
East of England	530,140	29	1,298,004	71
East Midlands	408,877	28.7	1,013,864	71.3
West Midlands	461,847	28.5	1,157,772	71.5
North East	212,951	28.1	546,138	71.9

Voters across the UK expressed a resounding No in the referendum on proposals to change the system for electing MPs.
More than two-thirds of those who took part in the poll opposed replacing the current first past the post method with the alternative vote system.
Out of 440 voting areas across the country, the Yes votes supporting change made up the majority in only 10 areas.
The 10 areas are: Cambridge, Camden, Edinburgh Central, Glasgow Kelvin, Hackney, Haringey, Islington, Lambeth, Oxford, Southwark.
The North East were most opposed to change - with 71.95% voting No.
London, Northern Ireland and Scotland were most sympathetic to the Yes campaign - with 60% of voters in the London borough of Hackney votin