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    Labour for a Referendum (LfR) was a political campaign by members of the Labour Party that sought a referendum in the United Kingdom on the European Union...
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    membership referendum, was a non-binding referendum that took place on 5 June 1975 in the United Kingdom (UK) under the provisions of the Referendum Act 1975...
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    A referendum on the Brexit withdrawal agreement, also referred to as a "second referendum", a "rerun", a "people's vote", or a "confirmatory public vote"...
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    the creation of a National Assembly for Wales, and therefore a degree of self-government. The referendum was a Labour manifesto commitment and was held...
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    used to elect the Mayor of London. Labour's 1997 manifesto committed the party to a referendum on the voting system for the Commons and to setting up an...
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  • Thumbnail for Proposed second Scottish independence referendum
    A second referendum (commonly referred to as indyref2) on the independence of Scotland from the United Kingdom (UK) has been proposed by the Scottish...
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  • objective was for a referendum to be held on the nature of the UK's membership of the European Union (EU). Specifically, it called for a referendum on whether...
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    European Union membership referendum, commonly referred to as the EU referendum or the Brexit referendum, was a referendum that took place on 23 June...
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    Following a 2016 referendum, the United Kingdom exited from the European Union at the end of January 2020. Since leaving the EU, numerous polling organisations...
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  • Thumbnail for Campaigning in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum
    formally announced under the terms of the European Union Referendum Act 2015 that a referendum would be held on the issue of the United Kingdom's membership...
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    A referendum was held in Northern Ireland on 22 May 1998 over whether there was support for the Good Friday Agreement. The result was a majority (71.1%)...
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    that the referendum would be held in early 2006, providing Labour were re-elected in the 2005 general election. A bill authorising the referendum was announced...
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    the European Community, internal Labour divisions over EEC membership prompted the Labour Party to propose a referendum be held on the permanence of the...
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  • Cameron delivered a speech in January 2013 at Bloomberg London, in which he called for reform of the EU and promised an in–out referendum on the UK's membership...
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    converted over second Brexit referendum". The Guardian. @BBCPolitics (26 May 2019). "Labour should have argued for a second referendum, and then pledged to campaign...
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    Vote Leave (category 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum)
    co-operated with Labour Leave, Conservatives for Britain and Business for Britain throughout the referendum campaign. At the referendum held on Thursday...
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    withdraw from the European Union, in the June 2016 EU Referendum. The group was led by eurosceptic Labour MPs: Graham Stringer, Kelvin Hopkins, and Roger Godsiff...
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    a Labour government which stipulated that a Scottish Assembly would come into being if the referendum had been supported by 50% of votes cast plus a controversial...
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    (EU) membership referendum. Labour won 202 seats, its fewest since the 1935 general election. The Scottish National Party (SNP) made a net gain of 13 seats...
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    Labour Government of the late 1970s was pressured by the SNP, Scottish devolution was, for the first time, seriously proposed. In a 1979 referendum for...
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  • of the UK Labour Party and is therefore not a registered political party under the terms of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000....
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    the Labour Government's commitment to co-governance arrangements. Meanwhile, National Party leader Christopher Luxon refused to commit to a referendum on...
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    on a turnout of 48%. Every council area in the region had a majority for "no". The referendum was held in what was at the time arguably Labour's strongest...
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  • May called a snap election for June 2017. Corbyn resisted pressure from within the Labour Party to call for a referendum on the eventual Brexit deal...
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  • European Movement Grassroots Out (GO) Nucleus Labour for a Referendum Labour In for Britain Labour Leave Leave Means Leave Leave.EU Unite to Remain Vote...
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  • After the British EU membership referendum held on 23 June 2016, in which a majority voted to leave the European Union, the United Kingdom experienced...
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    John Mills (businessman) (category Labour Party (UK) councillors)
    Chair of Labour for a Referendum. He is the Vice Chair of the Economic Research Council and founder of Labour Future. During the referendum, he served...
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    aspects of the EU and its predecessors. The Labour prime minister Harold Wilson's pro-EC government held a referendum on continued EC membership in 1975, in...
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  • 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum is one of the most significant political events for Britain during the 21st century. The debate...
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    that reinstating a hard border would result in the return of violence. In the June 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, Northern Ireland...
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