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1979 Scottish devolution referendum
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/1979_Scottish_devolution_referendum
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date
1 March 1979
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:1997_Scottish_devolution_referendum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
1979 Scottish devolution referendum
gptkbp:legislature
gptkb:Scotland_Act_1978
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:main_campaign_group_(No)
Scotland is British
gptkbp:main_campaign_group_(Yes)
Yes for Scotland
gptkbp:main_political_parties_supporting_No
gptkb:Scottish_Liberal_Party
gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkb:Liberal_Party
gptkbp:main_political_parties_supporting_Yes
gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkb:Scottish_National_Party
gptkbp:organizedBy
gptkb:UK_Government
gptkbp:precededBy
none
gptkbp:purpose
to decide whether there was support for the creation of a Scottish Assembly
gptkbp:relatedEvent
1979 Welsh devolution referendum
gptkbp:result
No
Scottish Assembly was not established
gptkbp:stateElectorate
3,747,112
gptkbp:threshold
40% of the total electorate had to vote Yes for the measure to pass
gptkbp:voterTurnout
63.8%
gptkbp:votingSystem
1,153,502
1,230,937
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:1997_Scottish_devolution_referendum
gptkb:Referendums_in_Scotland
gptkb:1979_devolution_referendums
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7