Brexit vote live: The night that changed Britain as it happened 10 years ago – UK Times

Ten years after the EU referendum, has Brexit been a success? Have your say here and see what GB News’s deputy political editor Tom Harwood and PoliticsJoe’s political editor Ava Santina have to say as they set out the case for and against the economic success of Brexit

10.15pm Pollster Peter Kellner publishes a blog predicting that Remain will have an 8.5 per cent lead over Leave.

10.01pm For many, it has been a struggle to get to the polling station.

An unseasonal weather front – from continental Europe, of all places – has brought flash flooding to swathes of the south and south-east England, closing several major London stations, including Waterloo, Euston and London Bridge.

The travel chaos leaves tens of thousands of commuters stranded on packed concourses, many unable to get home in time to cast their vote.

10pm, Thursday June 23, 2016

Across the country, polls close in the 2016 EU referendum.

10.08pm In the absence of an official exit poll, YouGov uses some on-the-day surveys conducted outside polling stations to predict the final result: “Remain 52 per cent, Leave 48 per cent.”

10.03pm Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader and a key Leave campaigner, tells Sky News: “It’s been an extraordinary referendum campaign, turnout looks to be exceptionally high – and it looks like Remain will edge it”.