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registered electorate, and the act was subsequently repealed.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 referendum – Scottish 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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Welsh independence (redirect from Independent Wales)
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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Welsh devolution (redirect from Devolution for Wales)
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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Acts of Union 1707 (redirect from Act Ratifying and Approving the Treaty of Union of the Two Kingdoms of SCOTLAND and ENGLAND)
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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Senedd (redirect from National assembly for wales)
A National Assembly for Wales was created by the Government of Wales Act 1998, following the result of the 1997 referendum. The Assembly initially had...
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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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Formation of the United Kingdom (redirect from Constitutional development of Great Britain and Ireland)
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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