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The Wales referendum of 1997 was a pre-legislative referendum held in Wales only over whether there was support for the creation of an assembly for Wales. Unlike the referendum in Scotland, there was no proposal for the assembly to have tax varying powers. The referendum was a manifesto commitment of the Labour Party and was held in their first term after the United Kingdom general election, 1997. This was the second referendum held in Wales over the question of devolution, the first being the Wales referendum, 1979. A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ...
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The National Assembly for Wales (or NAW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established in 1998, following a 1997 referendum in which a small majority of voters (but not the electorate) voted in favour of the Labour Governments plans for devolution. ...
The Scotland referendum of 1997 was a pre-legislative referendum held in Scotland only, over whether there was support for the creation of an assembly for Scotland and whether there was support for an assembly with tax varying powers. ...
The Labour Party has been the principal left wing political party of the United Kingdom since the early 20th century (see British politics). ...
The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ...
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One of the factors that made the referendum controversial was that Wales has a much greater immigrant and transient population than Scotland. A previous referendum on devolution, held in 1979, had resulted in a majority against, whereas in Scotland the vote had been in favour. It was generally believed that the Labour government scheduled the referendum as it did because it foresaw the embarrassment of a defeat, and therefore arranged for the Scotland referendum to be held slightly earlier, in the hope that the anticipated result would influence the Welsh result. It has been suggested that Devolved government be merged into this article or section. ...
This page refers to the year 1979. ...
Party support The Labour party, Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru campaigned for the 'Yes' vote. The Conservative party was the only major party to support the 'No' vote. The Labour Party has been the principal left wing political party of the United Kingdom since the early 20th century (see British politics). ...
The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ...
Plaid Cymru (literally meaning the Party of Wales) is the principal nationalist political party in Wales[1]. It advocates the secession of Wales from the United Kingdom (an ideology known as independence or self government) and the Welsh language and its associated culture. ...
The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ...
Results The referendum was held on September 18, 1997, a week after the referendum in Scotland. In the end, the result was extremely close, and everything hung on voting figures for the last constituency to be announced, which carried the "Yes" vote. September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ...
1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Scotland referendum of 1997 was a pre-legislative referendum held in Scotland only, over whether there was support for the creation of an assembly for Scotland and whether there was support for an assembly with tax varying powers. ...
The electorate were asked to indicate whether: '1. I agree that there should be a Welsh Assembly; or 2. I do not agree that there should be a Welsh Assembly.' In politics, an electorate is the group of entities entitled to vote in an election. ...
The National Assembly for Wales (or NAW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established in 1998, following a 1997 referendum in which a small majority of voters (but not the electorate) voted in favour of the Labour Governments plans for devolution. ...
| Option 1 votes | Option 1 votes (%) | Option 2 votes | Option 2 (%) | Turnout (%) | | 559,419 | 50.3 | 552,698 | 49.7 | 50.1 |
Government response In response to the majority voting for Yes, the government passed the Government of Wales Act 1998, creating the Welsh Assembly. The Government of Wales Act, 1998 or, to give it its full title , was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom passed in 1998 by the incoming Labour government to create a National Assembly for Wales. ...
The National Assembly for Wales (or NAW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) was established in 1998, following a 1997 referendum in which a small majority of voters (but not the electorate) voted in favour of the Labour Governments plans for devolution. ...
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