Scottish devolution referendum 1997

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constitutional referendum devolution referendum referendum

The Scottish devolution referendum of 1997 was a landmark vote in which Scotland chose to establish its own devolved Parliament with tax-varying powers, reshaping the constitutional structure of the United Kingdom.

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Label	Occurrences
Scottish devolution referendum, 1997	4
1997 Scottish devolution referendum	2
Scottish devolution referendum 1997 canonical	2
Scottish devolution	1

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Target entity: Scottish devolution referendum 1997
Context triple: [Elizabethan era (second Elizabethan age), hasKeyEvent, Scottish devolution referendum 1997]

A. 1997 Welsh devolution referendum
The 1997 Welsh devolution referendum was a public vote in which the people of Wales narrowly approved the creation of a devolved legislature, paving the way for the establishment of the National Assembly for Wales.
B. 2011 Welsh devolution referendum
The 2011 Welsh devolution referendum was a vote in which the people of Wales decided whether the National Assembly for Wales should gain full law-making powers in the areas already devolved to it.
C. Boundary Commission for Scotland
The Boundary Commission for Scotland is an independent public body responsible for reviewing and recommending changes to parliamentary constituency and local government boundaries in Scotland.
D. Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national legislature of Scotland, responsible for making laws and scrutinizing the Scottish Government on a range of domestic issues.
E. Scotland Act 1998
The Scotland Act 1998 is a key piece of UK legislation that established devolved government in Scotland by creating the Scottish Parliament and defining its powers.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Scottish devolution referendum 1997
Target entity description: The Scottish devolution referendum of 1997 was a landmark vote in which Scotland chose to establish its own devolved Parliament with tax-varying powers, reshaping the constitutional structure of the United Kingdom.

A. 1997 Welsh devolution referendum
The 1997 Welsh devolution referendum was a public vote in which the people of Wales narrowly approved the creation of a devolved legislature, paving the way for the establishment of the National Assembly for Wales.
B. 2011 Welsh devolution referendum
The 2011 Welsh devolution referendum was a vote in which the people of Wales decided whether the National Assembly for Wales should gain full law-making powers in the areas already devolved to it.
C. Boundary Commission for Scotland
The Boundary Commission for Scotland is an independent public body responsible for reviewing and recommending changes to parliamentary constituency and local government boundaries in Scotland.
D. Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament is the devolved national legislature of Scotland, responsible for making laws and scrutinizing the Scottish Government on a range of domestic issues.
E. Scotland Act 1998
The Scotland Act 1998 is a key piece of UK legislation that established devolved government in Scotland by creating the Scottish Parliament and defining its powers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional referendum ⓘ devolution referendum ⓘ referendum ⓘ
ballotQuestion	Should the Scottish Parliament have tax-varying powers? ⓘ Should there be a Scottish Parliament? ⓘ
campaignSloganProponents	Yes-Yes ⓘ
consequence	establishment of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ granting of limited tax-varying powers to the Scottish Parliament ⓘ granting of primary legislative powers to Scotland in devolved areas ⓘ passage of the Scotland Act 1998 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
date	11 September 1997 ⓘ
electoralFranchise	residents of Scotland eligible to vote in local government elections ⓘ
electorate	Scotland ⓘ
enabledBy	Scotland Act 1998 ⓘ
followedBy	Scottish Parliament election, 1999 ⓘ creation of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ
heldUnderGovernment	First Blair ministry ⓘ
languageOfBallotPapers	English ⓘ
legislativeBasis	Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Act 1997 ⓘ
location	Scotland ⓘ
mainOpponent	Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
mainProponent	Labour Party (UK) ⓘ Scottish Labour Party ⓘ
numberOfQuestions	2 ⓘ
organizedBy	Scottish Office ⓘ linked to: Scotland Office UK Government ⓘ linked to: UK government
partOf	United Kingdom constitutional reform ⓘ
precededBy	Scottish devolution referendum, 1979 ⓘ
primeMinisterAtTime	Tony Blair ⓘ
relatedTo	Good Friday Agreement era constitutional changes ⓘ Scottish Parliament ⓘ Welsh devolution referendum, 1997 ⓘ linked to: 1997 Welsh devolution referendum devolution in the United Kingdom ⓘ
resultQuestion1	Yes majority ⓘ
resultQuestion2	Yes majority ⓘ
secretaryOfStateForScotlandAtTime	Donald Dewar ⓘ
significance	led to creation of a devolved legislature in Scotland ⓘ reshaped the constitutional structure of the United Kingdom ⓘ
topic	Scottish devolution ⓘ linked to: Scottish devolution referendum 1997 constitutional reform in the United Kingdom ⓘ
turnout	about 60.4% ⓘ
votingSystem	simple majority ⓘ
year	1997 ⓘ
yesVoteShareQuestion1	about 74.3% ⓘ
yesVoteShareQuestion2	about 63.5% ⓘ

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