Sentences with phrase «vote referendum last»

It can be argued that Cameron has double - crossed Clegg on democratic reform before — taking a more active role in the no campaign in the alternative vote referendum last year than he had promised in private.

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Last October, Catalonia's leaders defied the Spanish government by holding an independence referendum; 90 % of Catalans voted sí (although only 42 % of registered voters went to the polls).

The IBEX was recovering on Monday — up 0.5 percent by the close — after being under pressure last week following the referendum vote.

On June 30, the last day the old provincial sales tax remained in effect, a coalition fronted by former Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalm presented a petition of 557,383 valid signatures to the province's chief electoral officer, which forces a bill abolishing the HST to be either voted on in the legislature or put to a referendum.

Last year, the governing coalition broke its campaign promise to hold a referendum on Iceland joining the European Union, prompting thousands of Icelanders to protest and sign petitions demanding a parliamentary vote.

The country voted against joining the euro zone in a referendum in 2000 and last December opted to retain its exemption from EU rules on issues like asylum and border control.

May formally notified the EU on March 29 of Britain's intention to end its 44 - year - old membership, following the shock referendum vote for Brexit last June.

Prior to last month's EU membership referendum Osborne and multiple other international organisations warned that a Brexit vote could hit UK growth and could even tip the UK into recession.

Last week, its value against the U.S. dollar dropped to its lowest level since Britons first voted in a June referendum to exit the European Union.

Francis was a big promoter of last year's peace deal with the rebel group but in visiting Colombia he will have to be sensitive to the viewpoints of the large number of conservative Roman Catholics who voted against the accord in a nationwide referendum.

Wine in supermarkets bill advancing in House The House committee that killed last year's version of a bill to allow wine sales in Tennessee grocery stores on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted in favor of giving cities the ability to hold referendums on the proposal...

Over the last year or so, we've heard plenty about «Soft Brexit» or «Hard Brexit», following the referendum vote to leave the European Union.

The Park Board voted unanimously last week to place a referendum question on the Nov. 2 ballot asking voters to approve purchase of the land and construction of playing fields and a facility.

The Park Board voted last week to hold a referendum asking voters to approve a $ 6 million bond issue to pay the district's share of a building to be constructed in partnership with Joliet - based Provena St. Joseph Medical Center.

In March last year in a non-binding referendum, residents voted against a $ 15 million proposal to build an outdoor aquatic center and recreation center on the site.

Talks between park commissioners and the Joliet - based medical center began last month, and if all the legal and financial details can be arranged, the park board will likely vote at a special meeting Tuesday to partner with Provena St. Joseph to build a recreation center and hold a referendum in November.

Two «pass the pool» referendum proposals were sunk last year by voters, who by their vote said they didn't want higher taxes to pay for an aquatic center.

Vote Leave was left fuming last night after it was announced David Cameron and Ukip leader Nigel Farage will take part in a live ITV event on ITV ahead of June's referendum.

In the light of last night's vote in the House of Commons on whether or not to hold a referendum to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, Unlock Democracy is calling on Parliament to decide new rules over whether legislation has constitutional implications or not and how such decisions should be decided.

For many of those surrounding Corbyn the events of the last five years — the rise of UKIP, the Scottish independence referendum, the Brexit vote — are signs of hope because they show the breakup of the old political order and signal that people are searching for something different.

In summary, my proposal is that following a «no» vote the Scotland Act be amended to empower the Scottish Parliament to hold a binding referendum on independence, but only if 30 years have elapsed since the last referendum or if two - thirds of all MSPs vote for such a referendum.

Last month he masterminded a letter of his own on the EU referendum, getting nearly 100 Tories to sign up to his proposal for the coalition to legislation on giving the British public a vote at some time in the next parliament.

The results of polling to date show that a referendum on «independence - lite» or «devo - max» would be more likely to succeed than a vote that would overturn the last 300 years of constitutional unity in its entirety, and which would create a completely separate state akin to the Republic of Ireland.

If you stir in legislation such as the European Referendum Act 2015 which set the question to appear on the ballot paper but failed to address the legal consequences of a vote to leave, and the anomalies thrown up by the Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011, not least the ability to avoid a fixed - term, then the unsatisfactory basis upon which the country has gone to the polls three times in the last three years is underscored.

«We all recognise the clear result of last year's referendum, but I have always argued that nobody voted in that referendum to become poorer.

In each seat we spoke to two types of people: those who voted no to Scottish independence in 2014, Labour or Liberal Democrat in 2015, and who were undecided what to do this time round; and those who voted SNP at the last general election and to leave the EU in last year's referendum.

It is also increasingly becoming the party of choice amongst the 38 % of voters who voted Leave in last year's EU referendum.

In 1997, the last time New Yorkers voted on a constitutional convention referendum, opponents poured more than $ 750,000 into an advertising and direct mail campaign in the two weeks before voters went to the polls.

Barrow and Furness covers the entire district of Barrow - in - Furness, which voted 60 % to leave the EU in last year's referendum, and parts of South Lakeland, which voted narrowly to remain.

Last week should not be seen as the start of some sort of Tory Spring - I voted for a referendum not a revolution!

However I was horrified to read in the papers and on twitter this morning that my vote for the EU referendum motion last week is being turned into something it was not, namely an attempt to bash the PM on Europe.

It showed the average share of the vote for Yes and No recorded by the last six polls of referendum voting intentions.

The looming votes on James Wharton's Private Member's Bill for an EU referendum are likely to present the last opportunity ahead of the general election for MPs to put on record whether they support giving people a say on Britain's membership of the EU.

Having failed to achieve a change in the voting system for the House of Commons — with the loss of last year's referendum on the alternative vote — Nick Clegg's party is determined to push ahead in order that his party can boast having forced a major constitutional change on the country as a result of being in government.

Many of the attack seats are in London or the south - east, with Hoey's constituency of Vauxhall topping the list due to its substantial 77 % vote to remain in the European Union in last year's referendum.

Last year's referendum on whether the UK should adopt the alternative voting system for general elections cost the taxpayer # 75 million, according to a report out today.

It was the price they demanded, this time last year, for allowing their junior coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats, a referendum on the alternative vote.

Finally you'll be able to see at - a-glance whether your area voted Leave or Remain in last year's referendum and how strongly your area felt we should be in or out of the EU.

Labour was badly split on the issue at that time so Wilson promised a referendum in order to control the dissenters, but then announced at the last minute that the minor concessions he had won from the European Commission justified a vote to stay in.

The last ballot measure that really got voters going was New York City's term limits referendum in 1993 — famously superseded by the 2008 City Council vote allowing Mayor Bloomberg's third term.

Richard himself backed a referendum, saying it was more necessary than the one conducted for the alternative vote last year.

Although Gordon Brown had stuck an AV referendum in the last manifesto, candidates never had to declare how they would vote, and when the moment arrived to show their hands half the parliamentary party turned out to be against.

The MPs - who make up nearly two - thirds of the parliamentary Labour party - all represent constituencies which voted Leave at last week's EU referendum.

Yet this is the policy position with which it is going into the Smith Commission, the group set up to fast - track more devolution to Scotland following the No vote in last month's referendum under the chairmanship of Lord Smith of Kelvin.

Last year he became the only prominent Liberal Democrat to advocate a vote to leave the European Union in the June referendum.

It is worth noting that Andrew Smith, the Labour candidate, is one of the small number of Labour MPs who voted for a referendum on PR in the last parliament.

After all, the county voted down the casino referendum last year.

«I think that the Lib Dems really have a problem about trust, I think they've got to explain to the students who voted for them in the last election about why they ditched their pledge on tuition fees, and then why having decided to pledge on an in - out referendum in Europe before the general election that they do not want one at all now.

Such an estimate would not be reliable, as the requirement for voters to vote at their designated polling station was removed in the last hours before the referendum began.

However, Glyn Davies, a Eurosceptic, told Vaughan Roderick on Sunday Supplement on BBC Radio Wales he would vote against any amendment expressing regret that there was no EU referendum Bill in last week's the Queen's Speech.