The English shires and Labour's northern heartlands led Britain out of the European Union in a victory for middle England.

Despite Britain's biggest cities backing a Remain vote at yesterday's historic referendum, the country overall headed for the Brexit door.

The results caused immediate turmoil in the markets as the pound collapsed by more than 10 per cent in the hours after the polls closed and the FTSE-100 braced for heavy losses.

Nigel Farage - who earlier appeared to concede defeat - made a jubilant victory speech at around 4am declaring it was a 'victory for ordinary people'.

Tory constituencies across the south and midlands voted for Brexit in huge numbers.

Places such as Wellingborough, West Somerset and Chesterfield all voted for leave by more 60 per cent.

The referendum map was painted blue for Out across vast swathes of England - despite London and Scotland being bright yellow.

How Britain voted Map Table Back to UK Shetland Islands London Gibraltar UK Overall 48 Remain 16,141,241 votes 52 Leave 17,410,742 votes England 47 Remain 13,247,674 votes 53 Leave 15,187,583 votes Wales 47 Remain 772,347 votes 53 Leave 854,572 votes Scotland 62 Remain 1,661,191 votes 38 Leave 1,018,322 votes N.Ireland 56 Remain 440,707 votes 44 Leave 349,442 votes Test Remain votes Leave votes Back to UK Council Remain Leave % Council Remain Leave % Aberdeen 64.0k 40.7k 61 39 Aberdeenshire 76.4k 62.5k 55 45 Adur 16.9k 20.3k 45 55 Allerdale 22.4k 31.8k 41 59 Amber Valley 29.3k 44.5k 40 60 Anglesey 18.6k 19.3k 49 51 Angus 32.7k 26.5k 55 45 Argyll & Bute 29.5k 19.2k 61 39 Arun 34.2k 56.9k 38 62 Ashfield 20.2k 46.7k 30 70 Ashford 28.3k 41.5k 41 59 Aylesbury Vale 52.9k 54.0k 50 50 Babergh 25.3k 29.9k 46 54 Barking & Dagenham 27.8k 46.1k 38 62 Barnet 100.2k 60.8k 62 38 Barnsley 39.0k 84.0k 32 68 Barrow-in-Furness 14.2k 21.9k 39 61 Basildon 30.7k 67.3k 31 69 Basingstoke & Deane 48.3k 52.1k 48 52 Bassetlaw 20.6k 43.4k 32 68 Bath & North East Somerset 60.9k 44.4k 58 42 Bedford 41.5k 44.6k 48 52 Bexley 47.6k 80.9k 37 63 Birmingham 223.5k 227.3k 50 50 Blaby 22.9k 33.6k 41 59 Blackburn with Darwen 28.5k 36.8k 44 56 Blackpool 21.8k 45.1k 33 67 Blaenau Gwent 13.2k 21.6k 38 62 Bolsover 12.2k 29.7k 29 71 Bolton 57.6k 80.5k 42 58 Boston 7.4k 23.0k 24 76 Bournemouth 41.5k 50.5k 45 55 Bracknell Forest 29.9k 35.0k 46 54 Bradford 104.6k 123.9k 46 54 Braintree 33.5k 52.7k 39 61 Breckland 26.3k 47.2k 36 64 Brent 72.5k 48.9k 60 40 Brentwood 19.1k 27.6k 41 59 Bridgend 33.7k 40.6k 45 55 Brighton & Hove 100.6k 46.0k 69 31 Bristol 141.0k 87.4k 62 38 Broadland 35.5k 42.3k 46 54 Bromley 92.4k 90.0k 51 49 Bromsgrove 26.3k 32.6k 45 55 Broxbourne 17.2k 33.7k 34 66 Broxtowe 29.7k 35.8k 45 55 Burnley 14.5k 28.9k 33 67 Bury 46.4k 54.7k 46 54 Caerphilly 39.2k 53.3k 42 58 Calderdale 47.0k 59.0k 44 56 Cambridge 42.7k 15.1k 74 26 Camden 71.3k 23.8k 75 25 Cannock Chase 16.7k 36.9k 31 69 Canterbury 40.2k 41.9k 49 51 Cardiff 101.8k 67.8k 60 40 Carlisle 23.8k 35.9k 40 60 Carmarthenshire 47.7k 55.4k 46 54 Castle Point 14.2k 37.7k 27 73 Central Bedfordshire 69.7k 89.1k 44 56 Ceredigion 21.7k 18.0k 55 45 Charnwood 43.5k 50.7k 46 54 Chelmsford 47.5k 53.2k 47 53 Cheltenham 37.1k 28.9k 56 44 Cherwell 40.7k 41.2k 50 50 Cheshire East 108.0k 113.2k 49 51 Cheshire West & Chester 95.5k 98.1k 49 51 Chesterfield 22.9k 34.5k 40 60 Chichester 35.0k 36.3k 49 51 Chiltern 32.2k 26.4k 55 45 Chorley 27.4k 36.1k 43 57 Christchurch 12.8k 18.3k 41 59 City of London 3.3k 1.1k 75 25 Clackmannanshire 14.7k 10.7k 58 42 Colchester 44.4k 51.3k 46 54 Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar 8.2k 6.7k 55 45 Conwy 30.1k 35.4k 46 54 Copeland 14.4k 23.5k 38 62 Corby 11.5k 20.6k 36 64 Cornwall 140.5k 182.7k 43 57 Cotswold 28.0k 26.8k 51 49 Coventry 68.0k 85.1k 44 56 Craven 16.9k 19.0k 47 53 Crawley 22.4k 31.4k 42 58 Croydon 92.9k 78.2k 54 46 Dacorum 42.5k 43.7k 49 51 Darlington 24.2k 31.0k 44 56 Dartford 20.0k 35.9k 36 64 Daventry 20.4k 28.9k 41 59 Denbighshire 24.0k 28.1k 46 54 Derby 51.6k 69.0k 43 57 Derbyshire Dales 22.6k 24.1k 48 52 Doncaster 46.9k 104.3k 31 69 Dover 24.6k 40.4k 38 62 Dudley 56.8k 118.4k 32 68 Dumfries & Galloway 43.9k 38.8k 53 47 Dundee 39.7k 26.7k 60 40 Durham 113.5k 153.9k 42 58 Ealing 90.0k 59.0k 60 40 East Ayrshire 33.9k 23.9k 59 41 East Cambridgeshire 23.6k 24.5k 49 51 East Devon 40.7k 48.0k 46 54 East Dorset 24.8k 33.7k 42 58 East Dunbartonshire 44.5k 17.8k 71 29 East Hampshire 37.3k 36.6k 51 49 East Hertfordshire 42.4k 43.0k 50 50 East Lindsey 23.5k 56.6k 29 71 East Lothian 36.0k 19.7k 65 35 East Northamptonshire 21.7k 30.9k 41 59 East Renfrewshire 39.3k 13.6k 74 26 East Riding of Yorkshire 78.8k 120.1k 40 60 East Staffordshire 22.9k 39.3k 37 63 Eastbourne 22.8k 30.7k 43 57 Eastleigh 36.2k 39.9k 48 52 Eden 14.8k 16.9k 47 53 Edinburgh 187.8k 64.5k 74 26 Elmbridge 45.8k 31.2k 60 40 Enfield 76.4k 60.5k 56 44 Epping Forest 28.7k 48.2k 37 63 Epsom & Ewell 23.6k 21.7k 52 48 Erewash 25.8k 40.7k 39 61 Exeter 35.3k 28.5k 55 45 Falkirk 45.0k 34.3k 57 43 Fareham 32.2k 39.5k 45 55 Fenland 15.1k 37.6k 29 71 Fife 106.8k 75.5k 59 41 Flintshire 37.9k 48.9k 44 56 Forest Heath 9.8k 18.2k 35 65 Forest of Dean 21.4k 30.3k 41 59 Fylde 19.9k 26.3k 43 57 Gateshead 44.4k 58.5k 43 57 Gedling 30.0k 37.5k 44 56 Gibraltar 19.3k 823.0 96 4 Glasgow 168.3k 84.5k 67 33 Gloucester 26.8k 37.8k 42 58 Gosport 16.7k 29.5k 36 64 Gravesham 18.9k 35.6k 35 65 Great Yarmouth 14.3k 35.8k 29 71 Greenwich 65.2k 52.1k 56 44 Guildford 44.2k 34.5k 56 44 Gwynedd 35.5k 25.7k 58 42 Hackney 83.4k 22.9k 78 22 Halton 27.7k 37.3k 43 57 Hambleton 25.5k 29.5k 46 54 Hammersmith & Fulham 56.2k 24.1k 70 30 Harborough 27.0k 27.9k 49 51 Haringey 80.0k 25.9k 76 24 Harlow 13.9k 29.6k 32 68 Harrogate 48.2k 46.4k 51 49 Harrow 64.0k 53.2k 55 45 Hart 30.3k 27.5k 52 48 Hartlepool 14.0k 32.1k 30 70 Hastings 20.0k 24.3k 45 55 Havant 26.6k 44.0k 38 62 Havering 42.2k 96.9k 30 70 Herefordshire 44.1k 64.1k 41 59 Hertsmere 27.6k 28.5k 49 51 High Peak 27.1k 27.7k 49 51 Highland 70.3k 55.3k 56 44 Hillingdon 58.0k 75.0k 44 56 Hinckley & Bosworth 26.0k 39.5k 40 60 Horsham 43.8k 41.3k 51 49 Hounslow 58.8k 56.3k 51 49 Huntingdonshire 45.7k 54.2k 46 54 Hyndburn 13.6k 26.6k 34 66 Inverclyde 24.7k 14.0k 64 36 Ipswich 27.7k 38.7k 42 58 Isle of Wight 30.2k 49.2k 38 62 Isles of Scilly 803.0 621.0 56 44 Islington 76.4k 25.2k 75 25 Kensington & Chelsea 37.6k 17.1k 69 31 Kettering 21.0k 32.9k 39 61 Kings Lynn & West Norfolk 28.6k 56.5k 34 66 Kingston-upon-Hull 36.7k 76.6k 32 68 Kingston-upon-Thames 52.5k 32.7k 62 38 Kirklees 98.5k 118.8k 45 55 Knowsley 34.3k 36.6k 48 52 Lambeth 111.6k 30.3k 79 21 Lancaster 35.7k 37.3k 49 51 Leeds 194.9k 192.5k 50 50 Leicester 71.0k 68.0k 51 49 Lewes 31.0k 28.5k 52 48 Lewisham 87.0k 37.5k 70 30 Lichfield 26.1k 37.2k 41 59 Lincoln 18.9k 25.0k 43 57 Liverpool 118.5k 85.1k 58 42 Luton 36.7k 47.8k 43 57 Maidstone 36.8k 52.4k 41 59 Maldon 14.5k 24.3k 37 63 Malvern Hills 23.2k 25.3k 48 52 Manchester 121.8k 80.0k 60 40 Mansfield 16.4k 39.9k 29 71 Medway 49.9k 89.0k 36 64 Melton 12.7k 17.6k 42 58 Mendip 33.4k 32.0k 51 49 Merthyr Tydfil 12.6k 16.3k 44 56 Merton 63.0k 37.1k 63 37 Mid Devon 22.4k 25.6k 47 53 Mid Suffolk 27.4k 33.8k 45 55 Mid Sussex 46.5k 41.1k 53 47 Middlesbrough 21.2k 40.2k 35 65 Midlothian 28.2k 17.3k 62 38 Milton Keynes 63.4k 67.1k 49 51 Mole Valley 29.1k 25.7k 53 47 Monmouthshire 28.1k 27.6k 50 50 Moray 24.1k 24.0k 50 50 Neath Port Talbot 32.7k 43.0k 43 57 New Forest 47.2k 64.5k 42 58 Newark & Sherwood 26.6k 40.5k 40 60 Newcastle-under-Lyme 25.5k 43.5k 37 63 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 65.4k 63.6k 51 49 Newham 55.3k 49.4k 53 47 Newport 32.4k 41.2k 44 56 North Ayrshire 38.4k 29.1k 57 43 North Devon 24.9k 33.1k 43 57 North Dorset 18.4k 23.8k 44 56 North East Derbyshire 22.1k 37.2k 37 63 North East Lincolnshire 23.8k 55.2k 30 70 North Hertfordshire 42.2k 35.4k 54 46 North Kesteven 25.6k 42.2k 38 62 North Lanarkshire 95.5k 59.4k 62 38 North Lincolnshire 29.9k 58.9k 34 66 North Norfolk 26.2k 37.6k 41 59 North Somerset 59.6k 65.0k 48 52 North Tyneside 52.9k 60.6k 47 53 North Warwickshire 12.6k 25.4k 33 67 North West Leicestershire 22.6k 35.0k 39 61 Northampton 43.8k 61.5k 42 58 Northern Ireland 440.7k 349.4k 56 44 Northumberland 82.0k 96.7k 46 54 Norwich 37.3k 29.0k 56 44 Nottingham 59.3k 61.3k 49 51 Nuneaton & Bedworth 23.7k 46.1k 34 66 Oadby & Wigston 14.3k 17.2k 45 55 Oldham 42.0k 65.4k 39 61 Orkney Islands 7.2k 4.2k 63 37 Oxford 49.4k 20.9k 70 30 Pembrokeshire 29.4k 39.2k 43 57 Pendle 16.7k 28.6k 37 63 Perth & Kinross 49.6k 31.6k 61 39 Peterborough 34.2k 53.2k 39 61 Plymouth 53.5k 80.0k 40 60 Poole 35.7k 49.7k 42 58 Portsmouth 41.4k 57.3k 42 58 Powys 36.8k 42.7k 46 54 Preston 30.2k 34.5k 47 53 Purbeck 11.8k 17.0k 41 59 Reading 43.4k 31.4k 58 42 Redbridge 69.2k 59.0k 54 46 Redcar & Cleveland 24.6k 48.1k 34 66 Redditch 17.3k 28.6k 38 62 Reigate & Banstead 40.2k 41.0k 50 50 Renfrewshire 57.1k 31.0k 65 35 Rhondda Cynon Taf 54.0k 62.6k 46 54 Ribble Valley 15.9k 20.6k 44 56 Richmond-upon-Thames 75.4k 33.4k 69 31 Richmondshire 11.9k 15.7k 43 57 Rochdale 41.2k 62.0k 40 60 Rochford 17.5k 34.9k 33 67 Rossendale 15.0k 23.2k 39 61 Rother 23.9k 33.8k 41 59 Rotherham 44.1k 93.3k 32 68 Rugby 25.4k 33.2k 43 57 Runnymede 20.3k 24.0k 46 54 Rushcliffe 40.5k 29.9k 58 42 Rushmoor 20.4k 28.4k 42 58 Rutland 11.4k 11.6k 49 51 Ryedale 14.3k 17.7k 45 55 Salford 47.4k 62.4k 43 57 Sandwell 49.0k 98.3k 33 67 Scarborough 23.0k 37.5k 38 62 Scottish Borders 38.0k 27.0k 58 42 Sedgemoor 26.5k 41.9k 39 61 Sefton 76.7k 71.2k 52 48 Selby 21.1k 30.5k 41 59 Sevenoaks 32.1k 38.3k 46 54 Sheffield 130.7k 136.0k 49 51 Shepway 22.9k 37.7k 38 62 Shetland Islands 6.9k 5.3k 57 43 Shropshire 79.0k 104.2k 43 57 Slough 24.9k 29.6k 46 54 Solihull 53.5k 68.5k 44 56 South Ayrshire 36.3k 25.2k 59 41 South Bucks 20.1k 20.6k 49 51 South Cambridgeshire 56.1k 37.1k 60 40 South Derbyshire 22.5k 34.2k 40 60 South Gloucestershire 74.9k 83.4k 47 53 South Hams 29.3k 26.1k 53 47 South Holland 13.1k 36.4k 26 74 South Kesteven 33.0k 49.4k 40 60 South Lakeland 34.5k 30.8k 53 47 South Lanarkshire 102.6k 60.0k 63 37 South Norfolk 38.8k 41.5k 48 52 South Northamptonshire 25.9k 30.8k 46 54 South Oxfordshire 46.2k 37.9k 55 45 South Ribble 26.4k 37.3k 41 59 South Somerset 42.5k 56.9k 43 57 South Staffordshire 23.4k 43.2k 35 65 South Tyneside 30.0k 49.1k 38 62 Southampton 49.7k 57.9k 46 54 Southend-on-Sea 39.3k 54.5k 42 58 Southwark 94.3k 35.2k 73 27 Spelthorne 22.5k 34.1k 40 60 St Albans 54.2k 32.2k 63 37 St Edmundsbury 27.0k 35.2k 43 57 St Helens 39.3k 54.4k 42 58 Stafford 34.1k 43.4k 44 56 Staffordshire Moorlands 21.1k 38.7k 35 65 Stevenage 18.7k 27.1k 41 59 Stirling 33.1k 15.8k 68 32 Stockport 85.6k 77.9k 52 48 Stockton-on-Tees 38.4k 62.0k 38 62 Stoke-on-Trent 36.0k 81.6k 31 69 Stratford-on-Avon 38.3k 40.8k 48 52 Stroud 40.4k 33.6k 55 45 Suffolk Coastal 37.2k 42.0k 47 53 Sunderland 51.9k 82.4k 39 61 Surrey Heath 25.6k 26.7k 49 51 Sutton 49.3k 57.2k 46 54 Swale 28.5k 47.4k 38 62 Swansea 58.3k 61.9k 48 52 Swindon 51.2k 61.7k 45 55 Tameside 43.1k 67.8k 39 61 Tamworth 13.7k 28.4k 33 67 Tandridge 24.3k 27.2k 47 53 Taunton Deane 30.9k 34.8k 47 53 Teignbridge 37.9k 44.4k 46 54 Telford & Wrekin 33.0k 56.6k 37 63 Tendring 25.2k 57.4k 31 69 Test Valley 36.2k 39.1k 48 52 Tewkesbury 25.1k 28.6k 47 53 Thanet 26.1k 46.0k 36 64 Three Rivers 25.8k 27.1k 49 51 Thurrock 22.2k 57.8k 28 72 Tonbridge & Malling 32.8k 41.2k 44 56 Torbay 27.9k 47.9k 37 63 Torfaen 19.4k 28.8k 40 60 Torridge 16.2k 25.2k 39 61 Tower Hamlets 73.0k 35.2k 67 33 Trafford 72.3k 53.0k 58 42 Tunbridge Wells 35.7k 29.3k 55 45 Uttlesford 25.6k 26.3k 49 51 Vale of Glamorgan 36.7k 35.6k 51 49 Vale of White Horse 43.5k 33.2k 57 43 Wakefield 58.9k 116.2k 34 66 Walsall 43.6k 92.0k 32 68 Waltham Forest 64.2k 44.4k 59 41 Wandsworth 118.5k 39.4k 75 25 Warrington 52.7k 62.5k 46 54 Warwick 48.0k 33.6k 59 41 Watford 23.2k 23.4k 50 50 Waveney 24.4k 41.3k 37 63 Waverley 44.3k 31.6k 58 42 Wealden 44.1k 52.8k 46 54 Wellingborough 15.5k 25.7k 38 62 Welwyn Hatfield 27.6k 31.1k 47 53 West Berkshire 48.3k 45.0k 52 48 West Devon 16.7k 18.9k 47 53 West Dorset 31.9k 33.3k 49 51 West Dunbartonshire 26.8k 16.4k 62 38 West Lancashire 28.5k 35.3k 45 55 West Lindsey 20.9k 33.8k 38 62 West Lothian 51.6k 36.9k 58 42 West Oxfordshire 35.2k 30.4k 54 46 West Somerset 8.6k 13.2k 39 61 Westminster 53.9k 24.3k 69 31 Weymouth & Portland 14.9k 23.4k 39 61 Wigan 58.9k 104.3k 36 64 Wiltshire 137.3k 151.6k 48 52 Winchester 42.9k 29.9k 59 41 Windsor & Maidenhead Royal 44.1k 37.7k 54 46 Wirral 88.9k 83.1k 52 48 Woking 31.0k 24.2k 56 44 Wokingham 55.3k 42.2k 57 43 Wolverhampton 44.1k 73.8k 37 63 Worcester 25.1k 29.1k 46 54 Worthing 28.9k 32.5k 47 53 Wrexham 28.8k 41.5k 41 59 Wychavon 32.2k 44.2k 42 58 Wycombe 49.3k 45.5k 52 48 Wyre 22.8k 40.2k 36 64 Wyre Forest 21.2k 36.4k 37 63 York 63.6k 46.0k 58 42 We couldn't find any results for your search

Mr Farage told a jubilant Leave.EU rally in central London: 'Dare to dream that the dawn is breaking on an independent United Kingdom.

'This, if the predictions now are right, this will be a victory for real people, a victory for ordinary people, a victory for decent people.

'We have fought against the multinationals, we have fought against the big merchant banks, we have fought against big politics, we have fought against lies, corruption and deceit.

'And today honesty, decency and belief in nation, I think now is going to win.

'And we will have done it without having to fight, without a single bullet being fired, we'd have done it by damned hard work on the ground.'

Mr Farage praised Ukip donor Arron Banks along with Labour and Tory MPs and those of 'no party' who have taken part in the Leave campaign.

Nigel Farage tonight declared victory for ordinary people as Middle England led Britain to a Brexit vote in the EU referendum

He went on: 'And we'll have done it not just for ourselves, we'll have done it for the whole of Europe.

'I hope this victory brings down this failed project and leads us to a Europe of sovereign nation states, trading together, being friends together, cooperating together, and let's get rid of the flag, the anthem, Brussels, and all that has gone wrong.

'Let June 23 go down in our history as our independence day.'

Labour MP John Mann said: 'This is not about Farage, Johnson or any of us politicians. It is about the people wanting to take back power and influence.'

Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb said the Government must respond to 'social divisions' which seemed to have pushed many of the 'white working class' to vote Leave.