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Politics of Wales. The Welsh devolution referendum of 1997 was a pre-legislative referendum held in Wales on 18 September 1997 over whether there was support for the creation of a National Assembly for Wales, and therefore a degree of self-government. The referendum was a Labour manifesto commitment and was held in their first term after the ...
The referendum on the law-making powers of the National Assembly for Wales was a referendum held in Wales on 3 March 2011 on whether the National Assembly for Wales should have full law-making powers in the twenty subject areas where it has jurisdiction.
May 6, 2024 · Monday 6 May marks 25 years since the first election to Cardiff Bay and the start of Welsh devolution. It followed a referendum two years earlier where a narrow majority of voters...
Since World War II, various movements and proposals have advocated different models of Welsh devolution. In 1979, a referendum on devolution was rejected by 79% of voters amid regional divisions and cultural concerns, but by 1997 support for devolution had increased and was narrowly supported in a referendum.
Sep 18, 2017 · BBC. AMs in their temporary assembly chamber in 2000. From an assembly with very limited powers, and a debating chamber once described as resembling a restaurant on a cross-channel ferry, to plans...
Jul 31, 2018 · In advance of the Welsh devolution referendum of September 1997, which narrowly endorsed Labour’s plans for a Welsh Assembly, the then Secretary of State for Wales Ron Davies memorably referred to devolution being “a process, not an event”.
Dec 7, 2020 · Welsh support for devolution had increased during the 1980s and 1990s, and in May 1997 the incoming Labour Government’s manifesto included commitments to hold referendums on the creation of devolved administrations in Wales and Scotland.
