South Yorkshire backs Brexit campaign
Almost two thirds of people in South Yorkshire have voted to leave the European Union - backing the national outcome.
Aside from a narrow leave vote in Sheffield, where 49% opposed Brexit, the Leave campaign saw huge support in Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage hailed the result in Sheffield as "amazing".
In total, 61.56% of people in the region voted to leave and 38.44% voted to remain in the EU.
Across the Yorkshire and Humber region, 58% of voters backed leave while nationally the UK voted to Leave by 52% to 48%.
Amjad Bashir, Conservative MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber and Leave campaigner said people had "nothing to be worried about" from the decision to leave the EU and that it was time to "look forward to a bright new future".
Labour MP for Penistone & Stocksbridge Angela Smith has called for Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to consider his position after failing to mobilise the Party's core support.
She said: "Given the challenges we face as a country we've got to have a decent, robust leadership in the Labour party that puts the country first and on that basis I'm asking Jeremy to really consider his position and to consider whether or not he's capable of meeting that challenge."
Wentworth and Dearne MP John Healey said the result in South Yorkshire was a "big disappointment".
Asked why Labour had failed to get its Remain message through in one of the party's traditional strongholds, he said: "Labour voters like the rest of the country are divided about this question."
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