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British expat Harry Shindler, a World War II veteran living in Italy, took legal action as the UK does not permit citizens residing abroad who have not lived in the UK for over 15 years to vote in elections. Shindler believed this prohibition violated his rights as he wished to vote in the referendum. [293]
The alternative vote referendum, as part of the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition agreement drawn up following the 2010 general election, was a nationwide vote held on Thursday 5 May 2011 (the same date as local elections in many areas) to choose the method of electing MPs at subsequent general elections.
2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum (Scotland) Choice Votes % Remain a member of the European Union: 1,661,191: 62.00: Leave the European Union 1,018,322 38.00 Valid votes 2,679,513 99.94 Invalid or blank votes 1,666 0.06 Total votes: 2,681,179: 100.00: Registered voters/turnout 3,987,112 67.25 Source: Electoral Commission [7]
The referendum took place 25 years before the passing of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 by the Labour government of Tony Blair, which introduced into British law a general procedure for the holding of all future UK-wide referendums, and also created the Electoral Commission, a body that would oversee such votes and ...
The results of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum were not counted by parliamentary constituencies except in Northern Ireland. However, a number of local councils and districts released the referendum results by electoral ward or constituency, while in some cases constituency boundaries were coterminous with their ...
Results, Greater London UK district. The United Kingdom 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 to choose the method of electing MPs at subsequent general elections.
Five years after Britain officially left the European Union, Brexit is less popular than ever. YouGov polling on Wednesday showed the number of Brits who think leaving the EU was a good idea is at ...
The 1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum was a public vote that took place on 5 June 1975, on whether the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Communities which was principally the European Economic Community (the Common Market) as it was known at the time. At the time the UK had already been a member ...