1997 Scottish devolution referendum

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1997_Scottish_devolution_referendum
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 1997-09-11
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Scotland_Act_1998
gptkbp:location gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:UK_Government
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Scottish_devolution_process
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:1979_Scottish_devolution_referendum
gptkbp:purpose to decide on the establishment of a Scottish Parliament
to decide on whether the Scottish Parliament should have tax-varying powers
gptkbp:question1 Should there be a Scottish Parliament?
gptkbp:question2 Should the Scottish Parliament have tax-varying powers?
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:1997_Welsh_devolution_referendum
gptkbp:result majority voted Yes to both questions
gptkbp:resultedIn establishment of the Scottish Parliament
gptkbp:voterTurnout 60.4%
gptkbp:yesVotePercentageQuestion1 74.3%
gptkbp:yesVotePercentageQuestion2 63.5%
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:2014_Scottish_independence_referendum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1997 Scottish devolution referendum