A ballot carried out by a Kent Conservative MP in March found that more than 80 per cent of respondents would like the UK to leave the European Union.

Mark Reckless sent out postal voting papers to 45,000 households in his Rochester and Strood constituency.

Of the 3,756 votes returned, 3,015 were in favour of leaving the EU, with 741 saying they would remain in the union.

Malcolm Shykles, Coolgardie Avenue, Chingford