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Wales (part of the UK). Devolution Referendum, 1997

 

Local Authority	Electorate	Turnout %	Agree	Agree %	Disagree	Disagree %	Rejected papers
Blaenau Gwent	55,089	49.3	15,237	56.1	11,928	43.9	147
Bridgend	100,400	50.6	27,632	54.4	23,172	45.6	249
Caerphilly	129,060	49.3	34,830	54.7	28,841	45.3	256
Cardiff	228,571	46.9	47,527	44.4	59,589	55.6	407
Carmarthenshire	133,467	56.4	49,115	65.3	26,119	34.7	289
Ceredigion	54,440	56.8	18,304	59.2	12,614	40.8	185
Conwy	87,231	51.5	18,369	40.9	26,521	59.1	130
Denbighshire	70,410	49.7	14,271	40.8	20,732	59.2	99
Flintshire	113,181	41	17,746	38.2	28,707	61.8	118
Gwynedd	92,520	59.8	35,425	64.1	19,859	35.9	183
Merthyr Tydfil	44,107	49.5	12,707	58.2	9,121	41.8	122
Monmouthshire	65,309	50.5	10,592	32.1	22,403	67.9	116
Neath and Port Talbot	106,333	51.9	36,730	66.5	18,463	33.5	246
Newport	94,094	45.9	16,172	37.4	27,017	62.6	146
Pembrokeshire	88,720	52.6	19,979	42.8	26,712	57.2	156
Powys	96,107	56.2	23,038	42.7	30,966	57.3	265
Rhondda Cynon Taff	175,639	49.9	51,201	58.5	36,362	41.5	137
Swansea	174,725	47.1	42,789	52	39,561	48	351
Torfaen	69,505	45.5	15,756	49.8	15,854	50.2	90
Vale of Glamorgan	89,111	54.3	17,776	36.7	30,613	63.3	149
Wrexham	96,787	42.4	18,574	45.3	22,449	54.7	76
Ynys Môn	54,044	56.9	15,649	50.9	15,095	49.1	86
Total:	2,218,850	50.1	559,419	50.3	552,698	49.7	4,003

 

Source:

http://www.alba.org.uk/

Key

██ Yes vote

██ No vote

 

Key

██ 30.1-39.9% of vote

██ 40.1-49.9% of vote

██ 50.1-59.9% of vote

██ 60.1%+ of vote

Key

██ 30.1-39.9% of vote

██ 40.1-49.9% of vote

██ 50.1-59.9% of vote

██ 60.1%+ of vote

Source:

http://www.answers.com/topic/wales-referendum-1997

Map one shows the % of Welsh speakers (ie; those who claim to read, write and speak Welsh), Map two shows the % that identified themselves as Welsh.

 

Source:

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1272/untitledco7.png

Source:

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1272/untitledco7.png

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