Should Scotland be an independent country?
Votes
|
%
|
|
NO
|
Votes 2,001,926
|
55.30%
|
YES
|
Votes 1,617,989
|
44.70%
|
TARGET TO WIN
|
Votes 1,809,958
|
N/A%
|
After 32 of 32 counts
|
-
Scotland has voted against becoming an independent country by 55% to 45%.
Electorate 4,283,392 Turnout 84.59% Rejected ballots 3,429
Council
|
Electorate
|
Yes
|
No
|
Aberdeen City
|
175,745
|
41.39%
|
58.61%
|
Aberdeenshire
|
206,486
|
39.64%
|
60.36%
|
Angus
|
93,551
|
43.68%
|
56.32%
|
Argyll & Bute
|
72,002
|
41.48%
|
58.52%
|
Clackmannanshire
|
39,972
|
46.20%
|
53.80%
|
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
|
22,908
|
46.58%
|
53.42%
|
Dumfries & Galloway
|
122,036
|
34.33%
|
65.67%
|
Dundee City
|
118,729
|
57.35%
|
42.65%
|
East Ayrshire
|
99,664
|
47.22%
|
52.78%
|
East Dunbartonshire
|
86,836
|
38.80%
|
61.20%
|
East Lothian
|
81,945
|
38.28%
|
61.72%
|
East Renfrewshire
|
72,981
|
36.81%
|
63.19%
|
Edinburgh
|
378,012
|
38.90%
|
61.10%
|
Falkirk
|
122,457
|
46.53%
|
53.47%
|
Fife
|
302,165
|
44.95%
|
55.05%
|
Glasgow
|
486,219
|
53.49%
|
46.51%
|
Highland
|
190,778
|
47.08%
|
52.92%
|
Inverclyde
|
62,481
|
49.92%
|
50.08%
|
Midlothian
|
69,617
|
43.70%
|
56.30%
|
Moray
|
75,170
|
42.44%
|
57.56%
|
North Ayrshire
|
113,923
|
48.99%
|
51.01%
|
North Lanarkshire
|
268,704
|
51.07%
|
48.93%
|
Orkney Islands
|
17,806
|
32.80%
|
67.20%
|
Perth & Kinross
|
120,015
|
39.81%
|
60.19%
|
Renfrewshire
|
134,735
|
47.19%
|
52.81%
|
Scottish Borders
|
95,533
|
33.44%
|
66.56%
|
Shetland Islands
|
18,516
|
36.29%
|
63.71%
|
South Ayrshire
|
94,881
|
42.13%
|
57.87%
|
South Lanarkshire
|
261,157
|
45.33%
|
54.67%
|
Stirling
|
69,033
|
40.23%
|
59.77%
|
West Dunbartonshire
|
71,109
|
53.96%
|
46.04%
|
West Lothian
|
138,226
|
44.82%
|
55.18%
|
Gordon
Brown has said promises made by the "No" parties ahead of the Scottish
independence referendum on change and further devolution will be delivered.
The
former prime minister said it was time to move from the "battleground to
the common ground" after a majority in Scotland voted "No" to
leaving the UK.
He
added: "We will lock in today the promises that we have made".
The SNP
said a pledge to present a motion on more powers to parliament on Friday had
already been broken.
Politicians
in England and Scotland are considering how the UK will be governed in the
future.
In a
speech in Dalgety Bay, Fife, Mr Brown described three "lock ins"
which he said demonstrated that pre-referendum promises would be kept:
- a resolution has
been signed by David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband and Mr Brown
committing to a timetable of action including draft legislation for a new
Scotland Bill by the end of January. The motion will be placed in the
House of Commons on Monday.
- civil servants were
already at work drawing up a timetable and detailed plans so that a
"command paper" setting out new powers can be published by the
end of October.
- a House of Commons
debate to be held on Thursday 16 October to ensure the plans are on track.
Following
Thursday's result, which saw 55% of of voters rejecting independence against
45% in favour, there has already been significant disagreement over the timing
and extent of further devolution.
Prime
Minister David Cameron has vowed to deliver on the pre-referendum promises made
by the three main Westminster parties to boost the powers of Scotland's devolved
parliament.
He has
tasked Lord Smith of Kelvin, who led Glasgow's staging of the Commonwealth
Games, with overseeing the process of taking their commitments forward, with
new powers over tax, spending and welfare to be agreed by November, and draft
legislation published by January.
Mr
Cameron has also proposed a system where only MPs from England would vote on
English issues in Parliament