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5 May 2011: Referendum on Alternative Voting System |
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AV Referendum Result |
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Nationally, the result was 71% of voters saying no to AV, with 29% saying yes to AV. |
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Here in East Staffordshire, the result was as follows: |
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No to AV 27,155 (74.84%) |
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Yes to AV 9,358 (25.16%) |
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Turnout 36,284 (43.38%) |
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Electorate 83,633 |
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Source: Guardian Newspaper |
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5 June 1975: Referendum on UK continued membership of European Union |
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This page last updated -9 May 2011. |
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On 1 January 1973 the UK, Ireland and Denmark all became member states of the EEC |
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For some time there was unease, here at home, concerning the terms of Britain’s membership. In the mid 1970’s those terms of membership were re-negotiated by Harold Wilson’s Labour Government. The question of whether Britain should remain a member of the EU was put to the people in a national referendum. |
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36 years ago on Thursday 5 June 1975, Britain held it’s first national referendum, the issue being continued membership of the European Union - or the EEC as it was then called. |
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Earlier in the year the House of Commons voted by 396 to 170 votes in favour of HM Government’s recommendation in favour of Britain’s continued membership of the EEC. |
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The final count, at Earls Court in London showed that two thirds of the population voted in favour of continued membership. Only the Shetland Isles voted to leave the EEC. |
