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These maps are really great. They also show why it's good to avoid describing whole cities or counties as 'Leave' or 'Remain' - most places were pretty close, and if you arbitrarily tweak one boundary in the suburbs you can flip it. HT @undertheraedar
statsmapsnpix.com/2019/04/suffer…
statsmapsnpix.com/2019/04/suffer…
Here's a good example. Stroud and Cotswold were slightly Remain, Wilshire and South Gloucestershire slightly Leave. But all were 45-55 or narrower - pretty much half and half. Conventional maps can make Britain seem a lot more divided than it really is. 
There really aren't that many places that are overwhelmingly one or the other - but those places are generally pro-Remain..
The Leaviest places aren't as Leavey as the Remainiest places are Remainey. The Leaviest places are also less populated. So slightly counter-intuitively, there are a lot of Remainers who don't encounter many Leavers- but not so many vice versa! Which @JamesKanag has written about
Important point - a quarter of the population is a lot! This is also a really big difference with the USA. A LOT of Americans live in parts of cities that are 90%+ Democrat. Republican bubbles slightly less extreme but still way more concentrated than UK.
Have a play with this map and scroll around New York or DC. Loads of precincts went ~95%~ Clinton. Scroll around the south and loads of places are 85%+ Trump. Britain just isn't as divided as this!
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Once again a link to the maps, which are great, and @undertheraedar who made them
statsmapsnpix.com/2019/04/suffer…
statsmapsnpix.com/2019/04/suffer…
"Birmingham voted Leave". True, but if local government officials in the 1970s had decided to put Sheldon ward with Solihull instead, we'd all be saying "Birmingham voted Remain".
