Scottish devolution referendum 1997

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:politics
gptkbp:ballotQuestions	two
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date	11 September 1997
gptkbp:firstQuestion	Should there be a Scottish Parliament?
gptkbp:followedBy	establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Scottish devolution referendum 1997
gptkbp:legislature	gptkb:Referendums_(Scotland_and_Wales)_Act_1997
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:mainProponent	gptkb:Labour_Party_(UK) gptkb:Scottish_National_Party gptkb:Liberal_Democrats_(UK)
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Scottish_Conservative_Party
gptkbp:organizedBy	gptkb:UK_Government
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Scottish_devolution_referendum_1979
gptkbp:purpose	to decide on the establishment of a Scottish Parliament to decide if the Scottish Parliament should have tax-varying powers
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Welsh_devolution_referendum_1997
gptkbp:result	devolution of powers to Scotland Yes to Scottish Parliament: 74.3% Yes to tax-varying powers: 63.5% creation of the Scottish Parliament
gptkbp:secondQuestion	Should the Scottish Parliament have tax-varying powers?
gptkbp:voterTurnout	60.4%
gptkbp:votingSystem	simple majority
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Scottish_independence_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6