UK : More than 99 % of voters said they want the Channel Islands to remain a colony . NEW : Turnout was 92 % ; ` ` votes for itself , '' says an island official . Many Falkland Island residents are of British origin . Argentina , which knows the islands as the Malvinas , disputes British sovereignty . Britain and Argentina went to war over the South Atlantic territory in 1982 .
UK : More than 99 % of voters said they want the Channel Islands to remain a colony . NEW : Turnout was 92 % ; ` ` votes for itself , '' says an island official . Argentina , which knows the islands as the Malvinas , disputes British sovereignty . Britain and Argentina went to war over the South Atlantic territory in 1982 .