The majority of Pembrokeshire voters chose to leave the European Union in yesterday’s historic referendum.

A total of 39,155 stated they wanted to leave, while the remain camp received 29,367 votes. This gave Brexit a majority of 14.28%.

The official declaration was made at 3.10am by Pembrokeshire County Council chief executive Ian Westley.

Turnout in the county was 74.39% with 68,555 voters going to the polls, a higher level than last year’s general election. There were 33 rejected ballot papers.

With the leave campaign winning in both Wales and the UK as a whole, politicians representing Pembrokeshire have spoken out.

Stephen Crabb, Conservative MP for Preseli Pembrokeshire, said the government failed to communicate its messages to the working classes.

“I just think there is a disconnect with the white working class. We didn’t get our core messages across to them,” he said.

“When we tried to explain to them just how important the European Single Market was to their jobs, their livelihoods, we didn’t quite land those messages successfully.

“And I think that is one of the themes that is emerging this evening is that old industrial white working class areas clearly haven’t bought the message that we have tried hard to communicate.”

Neil Hamilton, UKIP leader in the Welsh Assembly, said: “The government has now got to take control. The things we have given away to Brussels we have got to take back again.”

With global financial markets reacting to the result, the value of the pound has dramatically fallen to a level not seen since 1985.

Labour Welsh Assembly Member Eluned Morgan said: "That crash in the market you hear is also the crashing of your pensions. This will impact on everyone."

A total of 52.5% of Welsh voters opted for leave, with a turnout of 71.6%. Of the 22 council areas across Wales, 18 voted for Brexit with only four going for remain.

Ceredigion was one of the few Welsh constituencies where most opted to remain, with a 9.26% majority.

Final nationwide results gave leave a 52% majority.