Do you think Cher and Will.I.am are a good pair for the duet?

3,687 votes came in over 171 days, and the margin barely breathed: Yes opened at 78%, drifted to 75%, and stayed there — a 3-to-1 verdict that held from the first ballot to the last. No lead change, no late surge, just 2,770 people saying yes against 917 holding out.

The consensus crossed borders, too. Every one of the top ten countries voting — the UK's 141 votes, the US's 40, Ireland's 24, down through Germany, Malta, Romania and beyond — leaned the same direction. Nobody found a pocket of resistance big enough to register.

• Rock-steady margin · Yes never dipped below 75% in 171 days
• Lopsided final count · 2,770 Yes votes to 917 No
• Global agreement · All ten top voting countries leaned Yes