HERE'S the man who helped deliver Brexit for Worcester - waging his own remarkable campaign which saw nine THOUSAND people leafleted.

Britain's great bellwether city played a significant part in the sensational referendum outcome which saw David Cameron quit as Prime Minister.

But behind the scenes the final outcome - which saw 54 per cent of city voters back Leave - may not have happened were it not for the grassroots campaigning.

Lawson Cartwright's role in that result can today be revealed, an ex-Worcester Bosch worker with a background in sales and engineering.

The 56-year-old, of Wood Terrace, stood for UKIP at the city council elections of 2014 in Warndon Parish North and came second.

Now renovating some properties, he has been a long-standing sceptic of the EU and made it his mission in recent weeks to lead the Leave campaign across the city - something he feared would be "an impossible task" at the start.

"It was all about helping working people, that's why I got involved and decided I wanted to help," he said.

"I contacted the official Leave campaign but realised they were so disorganised at a local level and set about trying to make a difference.

"Over the campaign period I must have delivered something like 8,000 or 9,000 leaflets around Worcester."

He has also told of the remarkable differences in opinion he got canvassing in traditional Labour heartlands to more Conservative-minded areas.

"We went to areas like Rainbow Hill and Warndon, in Labour areas it became clear very quickly how clear-cut it was," he said.

"It was all sewn-up, we had people slapping us on the back, saying 'thank you', they all couldn't wait to vote Leave.

"In the traditional Conservative wards we felt that we had about 70 percent of the vote.

"What was clear and distinctly different from the other wards, was that more people were confused about which way to vote.

"The Labour wards were all out, it was the Conservative ones we had to work harder at but we knew if they would support it, which way Worcester would go."

Over the course of the campaign he formed alliances with like-minded activists, including former UKIP parliamentary candidate James Goad and even current or past anti-EU Conservative councillors in Worcester such as Francis Lankester, Andy Stafford and Mike Whitehouse.

Between them every single Worcester household got one leaflet, some 44,000 properties, while a cleverly-targeted strategy saw potential 'undecided voters' in places like Bedwardine, St Clement, St Stephen and Warndon Parish North get a second one.

A big rota was established with the help of other volunteers, including businesspeople, to help deliver them as the weeks ticked by.

Mr Lawson added: "They are all heroes and deserve a pat on the back.

"My only hope now is that the country unites and becomes stronger."