Also have strong universities (see results for Cambridge and Oxford.) Basically the M4 corridor voted to stay. Mendip is apparently an outlier but the balance was probably swung by the Eastern part which has a lot of university and NHS jobs, and borders BANES.
The place that does stand out is South Lakeland, but it’s Tim Farron’s constituency and is an upmarket retirement area for people from the cities which voted Remain, plus it’s a popular area for the people who work at Lancaster U (Lancaster itself was marginal, 51% leave). Go down the coast a bit and the pattern is different, e.g. Blackpool 67.5% leave…
I think it can really be brought down to age and education.
