SOUTHAMPTON has voted out of the EU.

The results are in and the city has voted for Brexit.

It’s a vote which hasn’t come as a surprise to some Southampton chiefs as the leave vote was in the lead by nearly 8,000.

The turnout for the city’s voters was 68.14 per cent and Southampton had 57,927 votes to leave and 49,738 votes to remain.

Conservative leader Jeremy Moulton said: "I'm absolutely delighted by the result, it looks like Southampton is in line with the rest of the country waiting to leave and I'm happy with that."

Satvir Kaur, city council member for communities and leisure, admitted it had been a long night with a disappointing end.

She said: "I think Southampton was quite close which was representative of most of the country.

"Obviously I was very pro remain and I think the Labour Party as a whole fought a really positive campaign I've spoken to hundreds of people who wanted to remain and I am disappointed by the result.

"I think what's most disappointing for me is talking to people in the last few days who said they would be voting remain because their livelihoods depended on it and this morning families are going to be waking up to this news and worrying about what happens next."

Royston Smith, MP for Southampton Itchen said he wasn't surprised by the result for Southampton.

He told the Daily Echo: "It's broadly as I expected. I think it's a strong message that even if the country votes to remain I think it's really clear that beyond this referendum the one thing that people spoke to me most about was immigration.

"Whatever the outcome for the rest of the country the government has to look again and talk with the EU - if we are still in it - about how to manage that if we are out then we will have to figure it out ourselves."

Royston added: "I definitely saw that more young people wanted to remain and older people wanted to leave.

"And with the city as a state particularly there were an awful lot of people wanting to leave but it's still a mixed picture."