“Remain are on 52 per cent with Leave on 48 per cent”.
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She earlier announced that her verdict is expected around “breakfast time” this morning local time, triggering speculation over whether it would be an early breakfast or a late one – based on how the counting trends pan out.
Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson is understood to be among those who signed.
Data showed 39 million were set to vote in England, 4 million in Scotland, 2.3 million in Wales and 1.3 million in Northern Ireland. A total of 19,332 eligible voters in the region voted for Remain while 832 voted for Leave, with the turnover amounting to 83 percent, the committee said, citing media reports.
Voting gets underway today in the United Kingdom on whether Britain remains in the European Union.
However, a significant percentage (16.85 per cent) of those who fell into the “Don’t Know” category in the study last month were expected to hold the key to the results.
Officials in the United Kingdom began counting ballots as polling stations closed in a referendum Thursday on the nation’s continuance in the European Union.
Earlier in the day, an online poll from Opinium showed Remain to be backed by 44 per cent of respondents, while Leave received 45 per cent support.
According to MarketWatch, concerns over accuracy have stopped most British news outlets from running traditional exit polls, leaving financial firms to privately commission their own.
The former President of YouGov has said “a Remain vote is no longer certain”, four hours after a YouGov poll released when voting stopped at 10pm put Remain four points ahead of Leave.
The pound has taken another leap in worldwide trading after two more polls provided a boost to Remain campaigners on the eve of the European Union referendum.
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“Today YouGov conducted a survey, going back to the same people we spoke to yesterday to find out how they actually voted”.
