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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

 

wales referendum 1997 devolution map

Key

██ 30.1-39.9% of vote

██ 40.1-49.9% of vote

██ 50.1-59.9% of vote

██ 60.1%+ of vote

wales 1997

Key

██ 30.1-39.9% of vote

██ 40.1-49.9% of vote

██ 50.1-59.9% of vote

██ 60.1%+ of vote

wales 1997

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.

wales welsh speakers

 

Source:

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welsh speakers

Source:

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