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An Act to make provision for the holding of a referendum on the establishment of a
Greater London Authority and for expenditure in preparation for such an Authority; and to confer additional functions on the Local Government Commission for England in connection with the establishment of such an
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The act legislated for a non binding referendum to be held in
Greater London on 7 May 1998 on the issue of a Greater London Authority and enables the
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Are you in favour of the
Government's proposals for a Greater London Authority, made up of an elected mayor and a separately elected assembly?
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The question that appeared on ballot papers in the referendum before the electorate under the act was:
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was passed by the UK Parliament and the
Authority came into being following elections in 2000.
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The Act legislated for the holding of a non-binding referendum to be held on 7 May 1998 in
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and legislates for the appointment a Chief
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Acts of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning London
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would be used as the counting areas for the referendum.
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Greater London
Authority (Referendum) Act 1998 (c. 3)
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on whether there should be a democratically elected
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on whether there should be a democratically elected
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188:Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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352:Registered voters and turnout
246:voted "Yes" in the referendum.
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174:and a separately elected
154:and a separately elected
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88:Territorial extent
320:Invalid or blank votes
442:Referendums in England
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194:Referendum question
152:Assembly for London
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228:33 London Boroughs
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33:Act of Parliament
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107:23 February 1998
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332:Total votes
431:Categories
389:References
144:referendum
58:Authority.
53:Long title
16:See also:
355:5,016,064
337:1,735,350
312:1,709,172
281:1,230,739
68:1998 c. 3
377:See also
218:answer.
113:Status:
64:Citation
365:Outcome
358:34.60%
342:100.00%
315:98.49%
300:27.99%
297:478,413
262:Choice
257:Result
162:The Act
138:of the
92:England
326:1.51%
323:26,178
286:72.01%
265:Votes
234:Result
134:is an
115:Spent
97:Dates
242:All
226:The
130:The
294:No
276:Yes
212:YES
146:in
136:Act
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216:NO
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