Voting is under way in a historic referendum on whether the UK should remain a member of the European Union or leave.
A record 46,499,537 people are entitled to take part, according to provisional figures from the Electoral Commission.
Polling stations opened at 07:00 BST and will close at 22:00 BST.
It is only the third nationwide referendum in UK history and comes after a four-month battle for votes between the Leave and Remain campaigns.
The referendum ballot paper asks the following question: "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?"
Whichever side gets more than half of all votes cast is considered to have won.
The weather forecast for polling day is mixed.
There have been thunderstorms in London and south-east England which caused flooding overnight.
Prime Minister David Cameron cast his vote in London with wife Samantha
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn voted in Islington
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon cast her vote in Glasgow
Justice Secretary Michael Gove and wife Sarah Vine at a polling station in Kensington
UKIP leader Nigel Farage in Biggin Hill, Kent
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