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    The Referendums (Wales and Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 61) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which made legal provision for the holding of...
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    commitment and was held in their first term in office after the 1997 general election, under the provisions of the Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Act 1997. It...
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    'agree' and 'disagree' vote was 6,721. Referendums in the United Kingdom Referendums (Scotland & Wales) Act 1997 1997 Scottish devolution referendum 2011...
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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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    devolution referendum, held under the Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Act 1997. The issues of Scottish nationalism and Scottish independence are prominent political...
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    registered electorate, and the act was subsequently repealed. A second referendum to create a devolved legislature in Scotland was held in 1997 under a newly elected...
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    Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that sets out how political parties, elections and referendums are...
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    (Withdrawal) Act 2018 2014 Scottish independence referendumScottish referendum bill 2010 Government of Wales Act 1998 Northern Ireland Act 1998 Royal...
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    Assembly for Wales, Auditor General for Wales and transferred devolved powers to the assembly. The act followed the 1997 Welsh devolution referendum. The Government...
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    universal suffrage. The Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013 set out the arrangements for the referendum and was passed by the Scottish Parliament in November...
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    to the Scotland Act as a satisfactory means of transferring the power over independence referendums. Sturgeon's intention was for the referendum to be...
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    rule within the United Kingdom. Two referendums on devolution were held in 1979 and 1997, with a devolved Scottish Parliament being established on 1 July...
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    (Pilots) Act 2004 European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000...
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    devolution for both Scotland and Wales, and in 1997 it was elected with a mandate to hold referendums on a Scottish Parliament and a Welsh Assembly. The...
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    Welsh language museums and galleries libraries arts and crafts sport culture recreation. The referendums in Scotland and Wales coincided with a period...
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    The Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It sets out amendments to the Scotland Act 1998 and devolves further powers...
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  • Act 1998 amended by the Northern Ireland Act 2006. Scotland Act 1998 amended by the Scotland Act 2012 and the Scotland Act 2016. Government of Wales Act...
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    devolution referendums in Scotland and Wales". Revue française de civilisation britannique. XIV (1): 151–264. doi:10.4000/rfcb.1187. "Welsh Referendum". www...
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    Martin (2012). The Scottish nation: a modern history. London: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-7181-9673-8. OCLC 1004568536. "Scottish Referendums". BBC. Archived from...
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    referendum held in the Republic of Ireland produced an even larger majority (94.4%) in favour. The total number of people who voted (both referendums)...
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    Devolution referendums in the regions of Northern England were initially proposed under provisions of the Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Act 2003. Initially...
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    the Scotland Act 1998, creating the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive. The Act was introduced by the Labour government in 1998 after the 1997 referendum...
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    Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. It is an independent agency that regulates party and election finance and sets standards for how elections...
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    of the United Kingdom (England, Wales and Northern Ireland), and hence is opposed to Scottish independence. Scotland is one of four countries of the United...
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    the Referendum Act, for which the then administrative counties of England and Wales and the then newly formed administrative regions of Scotland were...
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    the late 1990s three of the four countries of the United Kingdom, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, voted for limited self-government, subject to the...
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    England (which included Wales and controlled Ireland) and the Kingdom of Scotland. The once independent Principality of Wales fell under the control of...
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    results of the referendum. Instead, it was designed to gauge the electorate's opinion on EU membership. The referendums held in Scotland, Wales and Northern...
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    The Referendum Act 1975 (c. 33) also known at the time as the Referendum Bill was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which made legal provision...
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