Permanent historical factsheet

Devolution

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1976–1999Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1976

Michael Mackintosh Foot1976

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Responsible for Labour's policy of devolution in Scotland & Wales

1997

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair12 September 1997

Government / Labour Party Government

Scotland backs devolution by referendum

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair19 September 1997

Government / Labour Party Government

Wales backs devolution by referendum

1999

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair1 July 1999

Edinburgh · Government / Labour Party Government

The Scottish Parliament is formally opened after devolution.

Names involved

Anthony Charles Lynton BlairMichael Mackintosh Foot

Provenance

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