The United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union, despite the Liverpool city region backing a decision to Remain.
Announced shortly after 6am on Friday morning, the momentous result was secured by a margin of 52 per cent to 48% in favour of quitting the common market.
However, the national trend was reversed in pro-European Liverpool, with 58% of the city backing a remain vote.
Liverpool’s decision was replicated by two of Merseyside’s other boroughs. In Sefton 51.84% of people voted to remain, while 51.6% of Wirral also followed suit.
St Helens was the most pro-Brexit area with 58% voting to leave, followed by Halton where 57.4% opted for Brexit.
51.5% voted out in the borough of Knowsley.
Overall, 51.4% in the Liverpool region wanted to stay in the EU.
The implications of a Brexit result are not yet clear, but Labour North West MEP Theresa Griffin admitted that a strategy to deal with the ‘disappointing’ result was now imperative.
She said: “We are an international city and we should be punching our weight in Europe.
“We should be absolutely at the decision-making table and if we’re not we have to have a strategy to make sure that we do the best for Liverpool and the people of Merseyside, but this is very very disappointing.”
This morning, after seeing his Remain campaign plunge to defeat, Prime Minister David Cameron announced his intention to resign in the autumn.