Welsh Devolution Referendum 1979 (3 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In a referendum on St David's Day (1 March) 1979, the people of Wales voted against proposals by the Labour government of the United Kingdom to establish a Welsh Assembly.Only 12% of the Welsh electorate voted to set up a directly elected forum which would have been based in Cardiff's Coal Exchange. The Assembly would have had the powers and budget of the Secretary of State for Wales.The plans were defeated by a majority of 4:1 (956,330 against, 243,048 for).Proposals for a more powerful Assembly in Scotland attracted the support of a small majority of those who voted (1,230,937 for, 1,153,502 against) (see Scotland referendum, 1979), but it amounted to just 32.5% of the total electorate. Both the Scotland Act and the Wales Act contained a requirement that at least 40% of all voters back the plan. It had been passed as a wrecking amendment by Islington South MP George Cunningham with the backing of Bedwellty MP Neil Kinnock. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Welsh Devolution Referendum, 1979 | Referendum, Devolution, West Lothian Question | Dewayne Rocky Aloysius | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | OmniScriptum | EAN 9786139160549 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware OmniScriptum SRL, Str. Armeneasca 28/1, office 1, 2012 Chisinau 68 pp. Englisch.