David Cameron Resigns After UK Votes 52% to 48% for Brexit
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Updated · The Guardian · Jun 23
David Cameron Resigns After UK Votes 52% to 48% for Brexit
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jun 23
Summary
David Cameron decided to quit within hours of the referendum result, concluding he could not credibly lead Britain after campaigning for the losing remain side.
4 a.m. talks with aides hardened that view, and Cameron delivered an emotional resignation statement later on June 24 with wife Samantha beside him.
52% of voters backed leaving the EU after a bitter campaign shaped by Conservative splits, Boris Johnson’s switch to leave, and fierce arguments over immigration and the economy.
Boris Johnson and Michael Gove appeared stunned by the outcome, while anger erupted outside Johnson’s London home as the scale of the political rupture became clear.
Cameron’s exit turned the referendum shock into an immediate leadership crisis, opening a struggle over who would steer Britain through its break with the EU.