The results of the 1979 and 1997 devolution referandas in Scotland and Wales,

Scotland 1979
Turnout 63.72 Percent
2,384,439 people voted
1,230,937 voted Yes
1,153,502 Voted No
A majority of 77,435
Below 40% of eligible voters voted Yes so the referenda failed
Yes 27.08 Borders No 40.11
36.44 Central 30.21
26.1 Dumfries and Galloway 38.66
35.42 Fife 30.57
27.93 Grampian 29.86
33.31 Highlands 32.05
33.32 Lothian 33.22
34.8 Strathclyde 29.06
31.54 Tayside 32.17
15.26 Orkney 39.44
13.72 Shetland 37.12
28.1 Western Isles 22.29

1997 referendum Electorate 3,971,945 Turnout 2,389,445 (60.16%)
I agree that there should be a Scottish parliament (Otherwise called Yes) 1,775,045 (74.29%)
I do not agree that there should be a Scottish Parliament (Otherwise called No) 614,400 (25.71%)

I agree that a Scottish parliament should have tax powers (Otherwise called yes) 1,512,889 (63.48%)
I do not agree a Scottish parliament should have tax powers (Otherwise called no) 870,263 (35.52%)

Swing to Yes since 1979 21% Proportion of eligible Voters who voted Yes 44.7%, who voted no, 15%,

Question 1 Yes No Question 2 Yes No Turnout
Aberdeen 71.8 28.2 60.3 39.7 53.7
Aberdeenshire 63.9 36.1 52.3 47.7 57
Angus 64.7 35.3 53.4 46.6 60.2
Argyll and Bute 67.3 32.7 57 43 65
Clackmananshire 80 20 68.7 31.3 66.1
Dumfries and Galloway 60.7 39.3 48.8 51.2 63.4
Dundee 76 24 65.5 34.5 55.7
East Ayrshire 81.1 18.2 70.5 29.5 64.8
East Dunbartonshire 69.8 30.2 59.1 40.9 72.7
East Lothian 74.2 25.8 62.7 37.3 65
East Renfrewshire 61.7 38.3 51.6 48.4 68.2
Edinburgh 71.9 28.1 62 38 60.1
Falkirk 80 20 69.2 30.8 63.7
Fife 76.1 23.9 64.7 35.5 60.7
Glasgow 83.6 16.4 75 25 51.6
Highlands 72.6 27.4 62 38 60.3
Inverclyde 78 22 67.2 32.8 60.4
Midlothian 79.9 20.1 67.7 32.3 65.1
Moray 67.2 32.8 52.7 47.3 57.8
North Ayrshire 76.3 23.7 65.7 34.3 63.4
North Lanarkshire 82.6 17.4 72.2 27.6 60.8
Orkney 57.3 42.7 47.4 52.6 53.5
Perthshire and Kinross 61.7 38.3 51.3 48.7 63.1
Renfrewshire 79 21 63.6 36.4 62.8
Scottish Borders 62.8 37.2 50.7 49.3 64.8
Shetland 62.4 37.6 51.6 48.4 51.5
South Ayrshire 66.9 33.1 56.2 43.8 66.7
South Lanarkshire 77.8 22.2 67.6 32.4 63.1
Stirling 68.5 31.5 58.9 41.1 65.8
West Dunbartonshire 84.7 15.3 74.7 25.3 63.7
Western Isles 79.4 20.6 68.4 31.6 55.8
West Lothian 79.6 20.4 67.3 32.7 62.8
Scotland 74.3 25.7 63.5 36.5 60.4
Difference between Yes votes 10.81%

Wales
22 authorities 1997
For 559,419, (50.3)
Against 552,698 (49.7)

Electorate 2,218,850

Turno Out 1,112,117 (50.12)

Blaenau Gewnt
For 15,237 (56.09)
Against 11,928 (43.91)
Electorate 55,089 Turnout 27,165 (49.31)

Bridgend
For 27,632 (54.39%)
Against 23,172 (45.61) Electorate 100,400
Turnout 50,804 (50.6)

Caerphilly
For 34,830 (54.7)
Against 28,841 (45.3)
Electorate 129,060 Turnout 63,671 (49.33)

Cardiff
For 47,527 (44.37)
Against 59,589 (55.63)
Electorate 228,571 Turn Out 107,116 (46.86)

Carmarthenshire
For 49,115 (65.28% )
Against (26,119 (34.72)
Electorate 133,467 Turn Out 75,234 (56.37)

Ceredigion
For 18,304 (59.2)
Against 12,614 (40.8)
Electorate 54,440 Turn Out 30,918 (56.79)

Conwy
For 18,369 (40.92) If not for my family it would be only 18,365
Against 26,521 (59.08)
Electorate 87,231 Turn out 44,890 (51.46)

Denbighshire
For 14,271 (40.77)
Against 20,732 (59.23%)
Electorate 70,410 Turnout 35,003 (49.71)

Flintshire
For 17,746 (38.2)
Against 28,707 (61.8)
Electorate 113,181 Turnout 46,453 (41.01)

Gwynedd
For 35,425 (64.08)
Against 19,859 (35.92)
Electorate 92,520 Turnout 55,284 (59.75)

Isle Of Anglesey
For 15,649 (50.9)
Against 15,095 (49.1)
Electorate 54,044 Turnout 30,744 (56.89)

Merthyr Tydfil
For 12,707 (58.21)
Against 9,121 (41.79)
Electorate 44,107 Turnout 21,828 (49.49)

Monmouthshire
For 10.592 (32.1)
Against 22,403 (67.9)
Electorate 65,309 Turnout 32,995 (50.52)

Neath Port-Talbot
For 36,730 (66.55)
Against 18,463 (33.45)
Electorate 106,333 Turnout 55,193 (51.91)

Newport
For 16,172 (37.44)
Against 27,017 (62.56)
Electorate 94,094 Turnout 43,189 (45.9)

Pembrokeshire
For 19,979 (42.79)
Against 26,717 (57.21)
Electorate 88,720 Turnout 46,691 (52.63)

Powys
For 23,038 (42.66)
Against 30,966 (57.34)
Electorate 96,107 Turnout 54,004 (56.19)

Rhondda Cynon Taff
For 51,201 (58.47)
Against 36,362 (41.53)
Electorate 175,639 Turnout 87,563 (49.85)

Swansea
For 42,789 (51.96)
Against 39,561 (48.04)
Electorate 174,725 Turnout 82,350 (47.13)

Torfaen
For 15,756 (49.84)
Against 15,854 (50.16)
Electorate 69,505 Turnout 31,610 (45.48)

Vale of Glamorgan
For 17,776 (36.74)
Against 30,613 (63.26)
Electorate 89,111 Turnout 48,389 (54.3)

Wrexham
For 18,574 (45.28)
Against 22,449 (54.72)
Electorate 96,787 Turnout 41,023 (42.38)

A map of the Welsh Yes No results shows a big correlation between areas that were annexed by the English crown in wars later than other areas voting Yes rather than others. Just like the 1992 Election. So Wales got it's first democratic body just for it ever, and first independant united situation in centuries..

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