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It was the first nationwide referendum to be held for some thirty six years and was legislated for under the provisions of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 and the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 and is to date the first and only UK-wide referendum to be held on a domestic issue. Turnout was low ...
As of October 2021, there have been 54 referendums on the question of changing executive arrangements to a model with a directly elected mayor. Of these, 17 have resulted in the establishment of a new mayoralty and 37 have been rejected by voters. Referendums are triggered by council resolution, local petition or central government intervention.
Scottish devolution referendum 1997: Welsh devolution referendum 1997: Greater London Authority referendum 1998: NI Good Friday Agreement referendum 1998: NE England devolution referendum 2004: Welsh devolution referendum 2011: Alternative Vote referendum 2011: Scottish independence referendum 2014: EU membership referendum 2016 * UK-wide ...
This is a list of elections in the United Kingdom scheduled to be held in 2024. Included are local elections, by-elections on any level, referendums and internal party elections. Dates
On 29 October 2004, the Foreign Secretary Jack Straw ruled out holding a referendum in 2005 as this would have coincided with the UK holding the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union. [4] He said that the referendum would be held in early 2006, providing Labour were re-elected in the 2005 general election.
United Kingdom European Constitution referendum; European Union (Referendum) Bill 2013–14; European Union Withdrawal Agreement (Public Vote) Bill 2017–19; Terms of Withdrawal from EU (Referendum) Bills; European Union Bill 2004–2005; European Union Referendum (Conduct) Regulations 2016; European Union Referendum (Date of Referendum etc ...
This national electoral calendar for 2025 lists the national/federal elections scheduled to be held in 2025 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included. Specific dates are given where these are known.
The first referendum held in Costa Rica was October 7, 2007, to approve or reject the free trade agreement with Central America, Dominican Republic (Costa Rica already has FTAs with the latter) and the United States known as the Dominican Republic – Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA). It was very narrowly approved (49.030 votes).