No 150,000 votes ahead with half of councils declared

THE No campaign is almost 150,000 votes ahead of Yes with more than half of the council areas declared.

Many of the biggest population areas have yet to declare but as things stand, with 17 of the 32 votes in, No has 54% of the vote to 46% for Yes.

In a surprise result Angus, a traditionally strong SNP heartland, posted a No lead of more than 10,000 votes (45,192 to 35,044).

Dumfries, which was widely tipped to vote No, voted 2-1 in favour of the union (70,039 votes for No against 36,614 for Yes).

Aberdeen voted 59% to 41% in favour of No (84,094 votes to 59,390).

East Dumbartonshire voted 61% to 39% in favour of No (48,314 to 30,624) and East Renfrewshire also voted 63% to 37% for No (41,690 to 24,287).

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