Civic Studies » Ben Hills http://civicstudies.org An intellectual community of researchers and practitioners dedicated to building the emerging field of civic studies Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:57:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 The 2016 Referendum on the United Kingdom’s Membership in the European Union http://participedia.net/en/cases/2016-referendum-united-kingdom-s-membership-european-union http://participedia.net/en/cases/2016-referendum-united-kingdom-s-membership-european-union#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2017 18:11:46 +0000 http://civicstudies.org/?guid=7fd118beafcd745debdb23e464cbd214
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A non-binding referendum asking UK citizens whether or not they should remain a member of the European Union. The referendum turnout was 72% and the Leave campaign narrowly defeated the Remain campaign by a vote of 51.89% to 48.11%.
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The United Kingdom independence referendum took place on the 23rd of June 2016 after Prime Minister David Cameron promised the people of Britain and Gibraltar a referendum of European Union membership. A simple question was asked ‘Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or Leave the...
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