Conventional wisdom is that undecided voters were more likely to just stick with the status quo, but for Remain campaign there was a risk they might just stay home.
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But despite the statement of loyalty, Cameron would face huge pressure from the country at large to step down as prime minister if Britons have defied him and voted to leave.
This is a good sign for the Remain campaign.
“Just been asked on tube by @BorisJohnson if I voted leave”.
“It’s been an extraordinary referendum campaign, turnout looks to be exceptionally high and (it) looks like Remain will edge it”, he said.
Cameron voted near Downing Street after he had closed the campaign with the message to voters to “get out there and vote Remain” and reject the “untruths” of the camp in favour of “Brexit”.
“We will be publishing an on-the-day poll from YouGov at 10pm which, while not an exit poll, might reflect the mood of the nation on voting day itself (YouGov were within a point of getting the Scottish referendum result right a couple of years ago; then again, it always pays to be a little sceptical about polls)”.
It found a small move to “Remain” and based on these results, YouGov says it expects the United Kingdom to continue as a member of the European Union.
A row has broken out between Labour and the SNP after lower than expected turnout in Scotland led to accusations that Nicola Sturgeon’s party failed to do enough to encourage people to vote. Voters have the option to mark a cross next to either “Should remain in the EU” or “Should Leave the EU”, with the winning side needing more than half of all votes cast.
The financial markets had also signalled a more stable result throughout the week with the Pound Sterling holding strong.
Some of the people who voted Leave have revealed that they regret their decision after waking up to find Brexit had won.
Results are due to be announced by most of the 382 individual local counting areas between around 0000 GMT and 0300 on Friday.
The vote came on a day when London and parts of southeast England were hit by torrential rain, causing floods and widespread transport chaos.
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These represented all 380 local government areas in England, Scotland and Wales, plus one each for Northern Ireland and Gibraltar.
