Parliament has decided to consult the electorate in Scotland on the
question whether the Scotland Act 1978 should be put into effect.
DO YOU WANT THE PROVISIONS OF THE SCOTLAND
ACT 1978 TO BE PUT INTO EFFECT?
Region/Islands area | Yes Votes | % votes | % electorate | No Votes | % votes | % electorate | Turnout |
Shetland Islands | 2,020 | 27 | 14 | 5,466 | 73 | 36 | 50 |
Orkney Islands | 2,104 | 28 | 15 | 5,439 | 72 | 39 | 54 |
Borders | 20,746 | 40 | 27 | 30,780 | 60 | 40 | 67 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 27,162 | 40 | 26 | 40,239 | 60 | 38 | 64 |
Grampian | 94,944 | 48 | 28 | 101,485 | 52 | 30 | 58 |
Tayside | 91,482 | 49 | 31 | 93,325 | 51 | 32 | 63 |
Lothian | 187,221 | 50 | 33 | 186,421 | 50 | 33 | 66 |
Highland | 44,973 | 51 | 33 | 43,274 | 49 | 32 | 65 |
Fife | 86,252 | 54 | 35 | 74,436 | 46 | 30 | 65 |
Strathclyde | 596,519 | 54 | 34 | 508,599 | 46 | 29 | 63 |
Central | 71,296 | 55 | 36 | 59,105 | 45 | 30 | 66 |
Western Isles | 6,218 | 56 | 28 | 4,933 | 44 | 22 | 50 |
Scotland | 1,230,937 | 52 | 33 | 1,153,502 | 48 | 31 | 64 |