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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 Act 1978...
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    The Scottish devolution referendum of 1997 was a pre-legislative referendum held in Scotland on 11 September 1997 over whether there was support for the...
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    (Scotland and Wales) Act 1997. This was the second referendum held in Wales over the question of devolution: the first referendum was held in 1979 and...
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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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  • Scottish devolution referendum may refer to: 1979 Scottish devolution referendum 1997 Scottish devolution referendum This disambiguation page lists articles...
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    independence. The people of Scotland first got the opportunity to vote in a referendum on proposals for devolution in 1979 and, although a majority of...
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    referendums on devolution were held in 1979 and 1997, with a devolved Scottish Parliament being established on 1 July 1999. The pro-independence Scottish National...
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  • Referendums held in 1979 were: 1979 Scottish devolution referendum 1979 Welsh devolution referendum March 1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum 1979...
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    2014 Scottish independence referendum on the question "Should Scotland be an independent country?", 18 September 2014 (no) 1979 Welsh devolution referendum...
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    pressured by the SNP, Scottish devolution was, for the first time, seriously proposed. In a 1979 referendum for a devolved Scottish Assembly, a narrow majority...
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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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    Yes for Wales Commission on Scottish Devolution Referendums in the United Kingdom Welsh devolution What is the referendum about? Archived 2 March 2011...
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  • Scottish referendum may refer to any one of several referendums in Scotland: 1920 Scottish licensing referendum 1979 Scottish devolution referendum 1997...
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  • Home rule (redirect from Scottish home rule)
    1979 that devolution entered the political sphere – the 1979 Scottish devolution referendum was held. Despite a vote of 51.6% in favour of devolution...
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    after a failed referendum on Scottish devolution. Currently, Siol nan Gaidheal is remains a banned group in Scotland under the Scottish National Party...
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    favour. The Scottish National Party subsequently refused to support the government in a later vote of no confidence. Scottish devolution would not become...
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    government in 1998 to give effect to the Scottish devolution referendum in 1997 which showed that Scotland was in favour of both of the set questions...
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    January 1979. On 1 March 1979, a referendum on the Scotland Act saw a majority vote for devolution, but a threshold imposed by anti-devolution MP George...
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  • George Cunningham (British politician) (category UK MPs 1974–1979)
    known for introducing an amendment to the 1979 Scottish devolution referendum that resulted in the devolution act being repealed even though a majority...
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    to devolution". www.parliament.scot. Retrieved 11 July 2024. Strachan, Graeme (2 March 2024). "When Yes meant No – the story of the 1979 referendum on...
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    the aftermath of the 1979 referendum that failed to establish a devolved Scottish Assembly. The all-party Campaign for a Scottish Assembly, which was launched...
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    the Scottish devolution referendum was put to the Scottish electorate and secured a majority in favour of the reestablishment of the Scottish Parliament...
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    United Kingdom on Thursday 3 May 1979 and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested. The 1979 Scottish devolution referendum, held on 1 March, had resulted...
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    suggested as possibly as constitutionally significant as Scottish devolution or Welsh devolution. "Overwhelming vote for mayor". BBC News. 8 May 1998. Archived...
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  • birthday. The SNLA was formed in the wake of the 1979 Scottish devolution referendum. This referendum had resulted in a majority of voters (51.6%) supporting...
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    devolved government of Scotland. It was formed in 1999 as the Scottish Executive following the 1997 referendum on Scottish devolution, and is headquartered...
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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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    2014. "Scottish independence: Cameron, Miliband and Clegg sign devolution". The Independent. 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2017-01-13. "Scottish Referendum David...
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    failure of the referendum of 1979 led to the Act not being implemented. Following the 1997 referendum and Scotland Act 1998, Scottish devolution led to the...
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