[flukus]

40% of London voted to leave, that's enough to change the outcome.

I don't think pretending there is a huge geographical divide is particularly helpful.

[CM30]

There was a huge divide in London too. Places like Camden, Kensington and Barnet overwhelmingly voted remain. Other places like Havering, Barking and Dagenham and Bexley voted to leave. And some areas (like Newham) were extremely close as far as percentages go.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/london-eu-referendum...

General rule seems to be that places with lots of university students or large businesses tended to vote remain and those with either deeply conservative populations or a lot of immigration tended to vote leave.

[MagnumOpus]

> General rule seems to be that places with lots of university students or large businesses tended to vote remain and those with either deeply conservative populations or a lot of immigration tended to vote leave

Doesn't think that is true. Lewisham, Lambeth and Tower Hamlets are some of the places with the most immigrants and remain won in all of these places by obscenely large margins.

Maybe votes were more along racial lines - White English (especially the older ones) voting to leave, but people with a more colourful Asian/Caribbean heritage voting to remain?

[CM30]

Not quite. Have you seen the demographics for Barking and Dagenham?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Borough_of_Barking_and_...

It's actually been specifically mentioned in a BBC article on the same subject:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21511904

On the other hand, Havering is the least ethnically diverse area in London. Upminster has the lowest Simpson Index in the country.

Maybe it's places with the highest and lowest amounts of diversity that voted leave and those in the middle that voted stay?

[iaskwhy]

It might not be helpful but it's not pretending, there was a huge geographical divide: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36616028

- Some councils in London, Edinburgh, some Belfast, voted ~75% remain; - Some eastern England ares voted ~25% remain.

[tonyedgecombe]

If you ignore the protests of some regions how can you address their problems (real or perceived).