Sentences with phrase «in referendums on»

«The status quo tends to gain ground in referendums on issues where countries are divided.

But it is also true that people in different parts of Britain have voted for change in referendums on numerous occasions.

Tsipras is campaigning for a no vote in the referendum on Sunday, which is officially on whether to accept a tough earlier bailout offer, to impress on EU negotiators that spiralling poverty and a collapse in everyday business activity across Greece has meant further austerity should be ruled out of any new rescue package.

The UK has now voted in the referendum on its membership of the European Union (EU).

Of course, all of this can only strengthen the hand of those of us who will be campaigning for a yes vote in the referendum on further powers in Wales.

The Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement) of April 10 1998 was approved by the people of Northern Ireland in a referendum on 22 May 1998.

The Electoral Commission has estimated that the final verdict in the referendum on European Union membership will be delivered «around breakfast time» on Friday.

For politicians brought up in this culture, it is not surprising that they should appeal to voters in the referendum on that basis: will they be # 500 pa better off or # 1,000 pa worse off if Scotland becomes independent?

More than two million Catalans voted on October 1st in a referendum on self - determination previously declared illegal by the Spanish constitutional court and violently repressed by the Spanish government led by Mariano Rajoy.

The Electoral Commission has estimated that the final verdict in the referendum on European Union...

On 23rd June 2016, a majority of the British public voted in a referendum on whether to leave the European Union.

The Conservative Party was fornally neutral in the referendum on the basis that there were differing views within the party on the issue, although the Tory Assembly Members were supportive of the Yes campaign.

Most of the organised, professional Labour Party at the centre were deeply unhappy with Mr Corbyn's role in the Remain camp's defeat in the referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union.

The party campaigned for a Remain vote in the referendum on United Kingdom membership of the European Union in June 2016.

Anything that stinks of shennanigans might be rejected in a referendum on a new voting system, especially if it involves keeping a third - placed Labour near, if not in, power.

David Jones says the Welsh Conservatives will campaign for a Yes vote in a referendum on transferring the power.

Asked how they'd vote in a referendum on EU membership 40 % say they would vote to stay, 37 % say they would vote to leave.

Voters in Utica supported the common council's plan to pave every road in the city in a referendum on Election Day with 60 percent of the vote.

Statewide turnout increased from 3.3 million in 2013 to 3.6 million this year, and only 6.6 percent of ballots left the question blank, compared with 16 percent in a referendum on expanding casino gambling four years ago.

But that's exactly what could happen in our democracy if the country chooses the Alternative Vote system in the referendum on May 5th.

Senior Conservatives joined Labour and Liberal Democrat politicians in criticising Lady Warsi after she claimed that a Yes vote in the referendum on electoral reform would boost the prospects of the BNP.

Spain has given a resounding «yes» in the referendum on the European Union constitution, according to exit polls.

The donation shows the strong link between Rock Services and Grassroots Out (GO), the anti-EU group which is hoping to win «lead» designation from the Electoral Commission as the main leave campaign in the referendum on Europe.

David Cameron is said to be increasingly concerned that Mr Clegg will be fatally weakened if there is a «no» vote in the referendum on voting reform on May 5.

He even pondered going further by supporting AV in the referendum on electoral change.

The result was that they lost their distinctive identity and, in May, were punished with two crushing defeats - in the referendum on the Alternative Vote and the local elections in England.

Our latest figures on voting intention in the referendum on the Alternative Vote show a significant narrowing of the No campaign's lead, with the... (Comments: 0)

The latest YouGov polling shows support for the Alternative Vote in a referendum on voting change dropping to 39 %, just one point ahead of... (Comments: 0)

However, in the wake of his defeat in the referendum on the voting system, the Lib Dem leader is anxious to avoid seeming obsessed with constitutional matters at a time of deep spending cuts.

Former MEP Robert Kilroy Silk said people under 54 have not been able to take part in a referendum on the UK joining or leaving the EU.

He also said he recognised the country voted in the referendum on the «clear understanding» that the wish of the majority would prevail.

However, when questioned by Labour MP and People's Pledge supporter, Natasha Engel, at PM's questions (Wednesday October 16) on how Cameron would vote in a referendum on EU membership, he said:

Today The Scottish National Party launches the campaign for a «yes» vote in the referendum on independence

Our latest figures on voting intention in the referendum on the Alternative Vote show a significant narrowing of the No campaign's lead, with the Yes and No campaigns now virtually neck and neck.

to Fairer Votes campaign in the referendum on 5 May 2011.

So what will I do when I finally vote in the referendum on May 5th where on the one hand we have the incumbent First Past the Post System which we know at a national level to be unrepresentative and unfair as it returns governments with overwhelming majorities in the House of Commons even though they only have forty per cent of the vote or less, or AV which is not a representative system but more complicated with it's opaque results making it more open to election fraud or the suspicion of.

Conservative party backbenchers will be given a free vote in the referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union in the next parliament, George Osborne has said.

Young voters in the referendum on Scottish independence share their thoughts with one year to go to 18 September 2014.

Nicola Sturgeon, deputy leader of the SNP, has announced measures to tackle fuel poverty should the SNP win a Yes vote in the referendum on Scottish independence.

In June 2016, almost 52 % of British citizens who participated in a referendum on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU, commonly known as Brexit, voted to leave.

In Massachusetts, where residents will soon vote in a referendum on whether to allow the creation of more charter schools, pro-charter groups are running tv ads including the one shown above.

In Massachusetts, where residents will soon vote in a referendum on whether to allow the creation of more charter schools, pro-charter groups are running tv ads.

Massachusetts voters will weigh in this fall in a referendum on whether to increase the number of charter schools in the state

And this month, BC lawyers vote in a referendum on TWU Law's accreditation.

Not exact matches

The failure of far - right populist Gert Wilders to win the recent Dutch election was a boost for the EU but a threat awaits in the prospect of French President Marine le Pen, a far - right anti-immigration candidate who has promised to hold a referendum on France's EU membership if elected, the same promise Cameron made.

Prior to her current role, Nancy was a General Assignment reporter in London where she reported regularly on the EU referendum and the French election.

In the runup to the 2015 UK general election, former Prime Minister David Cameron promised to hold a nationwide referendum on Britain's membership of the EU if he was elected for a second time.

The claimants argue that the government lacks a mandate to exit the single market given it was not on the referendum ballot in June.

«Resilience has been the hallmark of the U.K. economy since the EU Referendum,» Rain Newton - Smith, the CBI's chief economist, said in a statement on Monday.

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Catalonia Sunday to call for unity, voicing their opposition to last week's non-binding and referendum on independence on October 1 that was declared illegal by the Spanish government and constitutional court.