THE UNITED Kingdom will exit the European Union after Leave campaign's marginal win in the referendum.

With all the votes counted 17,410,742 voters had opted to leave, with 16,141,241 to remain. A 51.9 per cent win for Brexit.

On Thursday, 46,501,241 people attended polling stations up and down the country in a turnout of 72.2 per cent.

It was a different story in South Lakeland where if voters had their way the UK would have opted to remain.

34,531 voted to stay, with 30,800 selecting to leave on the ballot - a 52.9 per cent majority.

But other South Cumbria areas were with the rest of the country. In Barrow-in-Furness, 60.6 per cent wanted out while in Eden 53.3 per cent were in favour of Brexit.

Speaking on BBC News this morning, Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron said: "I'm not all that bothered about doing an analysis, the reality is we wake up this morning with a Britain Nigel Farage has set out and that's not the Britain I believe in.

"This is a morning where I'm frankly and utterly heartbroken."