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    The 1979 Welsh devolution referendum was a post-legislative referendum held on 1 March 1979 (Saint David's Day) to decide whether there was sufficient...
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    Government of Wales Act 1998 and the formation of the National Assembly for Wales in 1999. A referendum was held in 1979 (with a parallel referendum in Scotland)...
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    post-legislative referendum was held in Scotland in 1979 to decide whether there was a sufficient support for a Scottish Assembly proposed in the Scotland...
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    Spent upon the conclusion of both referendums. On 1 March 1979, voters in both Scotland and Wales voted in referendums on proposed Assembles under the provisions...
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    and Wales. In Scotland referendums on devolved matters are regulated under the Referendums (Scotland) Act 2020.: 42  Only three national referendums have...
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  • Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Geraint 1 March - The devolution referendum rejects the Wales Act 1978 (which would have established a...
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    second referendum held in Scotland over the question of devolution, the first being in 1979, and is to date the only major referendum to be held in any part...
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    A referendum on the powers of the National Assembly for Wales was held on 3 March 2011. Voters were asked whether the Assembly should have full law-making...
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    effect as a result of the "no" vote in 1979 Welsh devolution referendum and was repealed in 1979. Had the Wales Act 1978 entered force, it would have...
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    specific to Wales. Since World War II, various movements and proposals have advocated different models of Welsh devolution. A 1979 referendum on devolution...
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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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    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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    Library. p. 22. WalesOnline (2011-10-02). "Lord Morris of Aberavon lifts the lid on the disastrous 1979 devolution referendum". WalesOnline. Retrieved...
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    Assembly offered by Labour in the 1979 devolution referendum "suggested that the vast majority of the inhabitants of Wales had no desire to see their...
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  • The 1978 New South Wales referendum was held on 17 June 1978 and contained a single question: Do you approve of the Bill entitled 'A Bill for an Act to...
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    Westminster. A referendum was held in Wales on 18 September 1997 in which voters approved the creation of the National Assembly for Wales with a total of...
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    been 54 referendums on the question of changing executive arrangements to a model with a directly elected mayor. Of these, 17 have resulted in the establishment...
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  • There have been 18 referendums in New South Wales, 8 of which concerned proposals to amend the New South Wales Constitution, half of which concerned the...
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    Welsh law (redirect from Law in Wales)
    Wales and culture which included the Welsh language. The Assembly were also capable of passing Acts but only after a "Yes" vote in a referendum. In March...
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    membership referendum, commonly referred to as the EU referendum or the Brexit referendum, was a referendum that took place on 23 June 2016 in the United...
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    enact Wales-specific Measures. Following the 2011 Welsh devolution referendum, the National Assembly was given the power to create Acts. Wales, together...
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    Alternative Vote referendum, also known as the UK-wide referendum on the Parliamentary voting system was held on Thursday 5 May 2011 in the United Kingdom...
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    of Wales, comprising the counties and county boroughs of Wales, are a form of subdivision in Wales. There are currently 22 principal areas in Wales, and...
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  • referendum, this time won by the narrowest of margins. In 1998, the leader of the Labour Party in Wales Ron Davies, resigned. In 1999, Wales voted in...
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    Formation of the United Kingdom (category Articles lacking in-text citations from May 2012)
    areas in which it can make laws. The National Assembly for Wales was created by the Government of Wales Act 1998, which followed a referendum in 1997....
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    National Assembly for Wales by 50.3 per cent, on a 50.2 per cent turnout. In 2011 a referendum was held to determine whether Wales should be devolved further...
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    A referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom was held in Scotland on 18 September 2014. The referendum question was "Should Scotland...
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  • Plaid Cymru (redirect from Party of Wales)
    Remain vote in the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the EU, spending £27,495 on the campaign. In the referendum Wales voted 52.5% in favour of...
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    The 1998 Greater London Authority referendum was held in Greater London on 7 May 1998, asking whether there was support for creating a Greater London Authority...
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    The 2004 North East England devolution referendum was an all postal ballot referendum that took place on 4 November 2004 throughout North East England...
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