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On 23 June 2016, a referendum, commonly referred to as the EU referendum or the Brexit referendum, took place in the United Kingdom (UK) and Gibraltar to ask the electorate whether the country should remain a member of, or leave, the European Union (EU).
2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum (England) (including Gibraltar) Choice Votes % Leave the European Union: 15,188,406: 53.38: Remain a member of the European Union: 13,266,996 46.62 Valid votes 28,455,482 99.92 Invalid or blank votes 22,184 0.08 Total votes: 28,477,666: 100.00: Registered voters/turnout ...
13 ago 2020 · UK votes to leave the EU. The UK has voted to leave the EU by 52% to 48%. Leave won the majority of votes in England and Wales, while every council in Scotland saw Remain majorities. Follow...
- EU Roots and British Accession
- Referendum of 1975
- From Referendum to Maastricht Treaty
- Maastricht Treaty and Referendum Party
- Role of UKIP
- Controversy on The European Court of Human Rights in 2013
- Euroscepticism
- Referendum of 2016
- Brexit
Ten West European nations (not including West Germany) created the Council of Europe in 1949, the first step towards political co-operation between them, but some countries wanted to go further.The 1951 Treaty of Paris created the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), which began to unite European countries economically and politically in order...
In 1975, the United Kingdom held its first ever national referendum on whether the UK should remain in the European Economic Community. The governing Labour Party, led by Harold Wilson, had contested the October 1974 general election with a commitment to renegotiate Britain's terms of membership of the EEC and then hold a referendum on whether to r...
In 1979, the United Kingdom opted out of the newly formed European Monetary System (EMS), which was the precursor to the creation of the eurocurrency. The opposition Labour Party campaigned in the 1983 general election on a commitment to withdraw from the EEC without a referendum.It was heavily defeated; the Conservative government of Margaret That...
Thatcher resigned as Prime Minister in November 1990, amid internal divisions within the Conservative Party that arose partly from her increasingly Eurosceptic views. The United Kingdom was forced to withdraw from the ERM in September 1992, after the pound sterling came under pressure from currency speculators (an episode known as Black Wednesday)....
The UK Independence Party (UKIP), a Eurosceptic political party, was also formed, in 1993. It achieved third place in the UK during the 2004 European elections, second place in the 2009 European elections and first place in the 2014 European elections, with 27.5% of the total vote. This was the first time since the 1910 general election that any pa...
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) was drafted in 1950 and its court (ECtHR) was established in 1953. EU institutions are bound under article 6 of the Treaty of Nice[citation needed] to respect human rights under the convention, over and above for example the Law of the United Kingdom. The Court was criticised especially within the Cons...
In a statistical analysis published in April 2016, Professor John Curtice of Strathclyde University defined Euroscepticism as the wish to sever or reduce the powers of the EU, and conversely Europhiliaas the desire to preserve or increase the powers of the EU. According to this definition, the British Social Attitudes (BSA) surveys show an increase...
On 23 June 2016 the United Kingdom held its second referendum on membership of what had now become the European Union. This took place forty one years after the first referendum, which had resulted in an overwhelming vote to remain within the bloc. The second referendum came about after the Conservatives led by David Cameron won an unexpected small...
From 2017 to 2019 following the outcome of the referendum, the UK was engaged in negotiations to leave the European Union between the European Union and itself. Between the UK and EU, the so-called "Brexit" – a portmanteauof "Britain" and "exit" – would consist of a withdrawal agreement and a trade agreement, however at a global level this would/mi...
18 ago 2020 · Research publications. Brexit: research and analysis. Background to the UK's EU referendum 2016. Read relevant reports and briefings that relate to the UK's EU referendum 2016, including links to the relevant legislation as well as background to the negotiations. Referendum result. European Union Referendum 2016.
On Thursday 23 June 2016 the EU referendum took place and the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. This page contains government information on the EU...
About the referendum. On 23 June 2016 a referendum was held across the United Kingdom and Gibraltar about whether the UK should remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union.
