COUNTY VOTES TO DITCH EUROPE

  The Leave campaign's success in the nail-biting battle over Europe was given a boost with one of the biggest turnouts in the country in Cheshire East. Remain support faded as more than 77 per cent of voters hit the polls in the area, including many in Goostrey. Leave comfortably won the referendum locally with 51.2 per cent of the votes against Remain's 48.8 per cent. But in neighbouring Cheshire West and Chester it was a Wellingtonian near-run thing with 50.7 per cent for the Leave campaign and 49.3 for Remain on a turnout of 74.5 per cent.  Tony Collier, a leading supporter in the Leave campaign in Cheshire East, described the result as "fantastic." The  relatively large vote for Remain in both Cheshire East and West is thought to result from fears among many in the farming community over future agricultural support. The NFU officially favoured remaining in the European Union, but despite this some farmers have complained that subsidies are still outstanding from last year.
*Goostrey's nearest city conurbation, Stoke-on-Trent, recorded a turnout of 65 per cent with success for Leave at 69.4 per cent of the poll and Remain 30.6 per cent.
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