2016 in the United Kingdom

Football: England | Scotland | Wales 2016 British Grand Prix 2016 British motorcycle Grand Prix 2016 English cricket season 2016 in British television 2016 in British music 2016 in British radio UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Events from the year 2016 in the United Kingdom.

The year was dominated by the UK's vote to leave the European Union and the subsequent political fallout.

Arlene Foster, newly appointed First minister of Northern Ireland, pictured (third from right) later in 2016 with representatives of various Sovereign , devolved and dependant governments of the islands at the British and Irish Council in Glasgow
Ballot for the EU referendum
New Prime Minister and Conservative leader Theresa May
Matt Hobden (1993–2016)
David Bowie (1947–2016) in 2002
Alan Rickman (1946–2016), acclaimed stage and screen actor, in 2011
Black (1962–2016)
Sir Terry Wogan (1938–2016) at his investiture in 2005
Sir Christopher Zeeman (1925–2016) in 2009
Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury (1928–2016) in 2006
Sir George Martin (1926–2016), often referred to as the " Fifth Beatle ", in 2006
Keith Emerson (1944–2016)
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934–2016) in 2012
Paul Daniels (1938–2016), a world renowned magician and television performer, in 2013
Ronnie Corbett (1930–2016), acclaimed for his work on The Two Ronnies with comedy partner Ronnie Barker
Denise Robertson (1932–2016), dubbed "the best agony aunt in the business"
Motorcyclist Martin Lampkin (1950–2016) at the Trial Sant Llorenç in 1978
Howard Marks (1945–2016) in 2000
Sir Arnold Wesker (1932–2016) at the Durham Book Festival in 2008
Victoria Wood (1953–2016) in Laos
Sir Harry Kroto (1939–2016) in 2010
Chris Mitchell (1988–2016) in 2009
Sally Brampton (1955–2016) discussing depression in 2010
Joe Temperley (1929–2016) (left) performing with Gary Smulyan in 2005
David Rendel (1949–2016) at the Newbury declaration during the 2005 general election
Dave Swarbrick (1941–2016) in 2006
Henry McCullough (1943–2016) in 2008
Michael Beaumont (1927–2016) in 2012
Michael J. Elliott (1951–2016) in 2008
Eric Kuhne (1951–2016) in 2007
6th Duke of Westminster (1951–2016) in 1997
Kenny Baker (1934–2016) in 2005
Dalian Atkinson (1968–2016) in 2008
Dame Margaret Anstee (1926–2016) in Honduras in 2002
Sylvia Gore (1944–2016) in 2015
Hidayat Inayat Khan (1917–2016) in 2004
Sir Neville Marriner (1924–2016) in Barcelona in 2010
Andrew Vicari (1932–2016) in 2007
Pete Burns (1959–2016) performing in Liverpool in 2008
Jimmy Perry (1923–2016) in 2011
Bap Kennedy (1962–2016) in 2009
David Hamilton (1933–2016) in 2012
Andrew Sachs (1930–2016), best known for playing Manuel in Fawlty Towers , in 2004
Greg Lake (1947–2016) in 2005
Bernard Fox (1927–2016) in the film Hogan's Heroes
Richard Adams (1920–2016), author of Watership Down , in 2008
Rick Parfitt (1948–2016) in Sweden in 2007
George Michael (1963–2016) in 1988