The north east region referendum campaign of 2004: Issues and turning points

Political Quarterly

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 488-496

  Tickell, Adam ^a   John, Peter ^a   Musson, Steven ^a  

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EID: 30344455024     PISSN: 00323179     EISSN: 1467923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-923X.2005.00711.x     Document Type: Review

References (18)

1. Statement to the House on the Elected Regional Assembly Referendum in the North East, Hansard, HC Deb., vol. 426 (151), cols 587-88, 8 November 2004.
2. Referendum result: 'Yes' 197,310 votes (22.1 per cent), 'No' 893,829 votes (77.9 per cent), turnout 47.4 per cent; and in no local authority area did the Yes vote exceed 30 per cent.
3. 'It is worth remembering that the proposal for Scottish and Welsh devolution failed to win public support in the first referendum in 1979 - only for the situation to be reversed 20 years later in a new referendum', Hansard, HC Deb., vol. 426 (151), cols 587-88, 8 November 2004.
4. C. Walker, The Strategic Use of Referendums: Power, Legitimacy and Democracy, New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2003;
5. D. Paul and C. Brown, 'Testing the limits of elite influence on public opinion: an examination of sports facility referendums', Political Research Quarterly, vol. 54, no. 4, 2001, pp. 871-88.
6. Hansard, HC Deb., vol. 426 (151), col. 598.
7. J. Tomaney, The evolution of regionalism in England', Regional Studies, vol. 36, no. 7, 2002, pp. 721-32.
8. For example, the Yes campaign claimed that the assembly could create 125,000 new jobs and help establish 5,000 new businesses ('Yes campaign unveils business backers', press release, 20 October 2004).
9. 'Leading academics back North East Regional Assembly' (9 October 2004; this file is archived by the research team at the University of Bristol and available for consultation).
10. Hansard, HL Deb., vol. 645, cols 813-14, 5 March 2003.
11. See for example J. Tomaney, 'Governing the region past, present and future' (inaugural lecture), Newcastle upon Tyne, University of Newcastle / Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies, 2003.
12. Campaign Background Pack, 2004, p. 15 (archived at Bristol University).
13. '4 reasons 4 Yes' (http://yes4thenortheast.com/yes/main2.php?menu_id= issues&page_id=47) (archived at Bristol University).
14. 'Blair supports regional assemblies', Guardian, 19 August 2004.
15. R. Lau, L. Sigelman, C. Heldman and P. Babbit, 'The effects of negative political advertisements: a metaanalytic political assessment', American Political Science Review, vol. 93, no. 4, 1999, pp. 851-75.
16. The Yes campaign consistently tried to cast the No campaigners as a Conservative party front, with little success.
17. See C. Bromley, J. Curtice and B. Seyd, 'Political engagement, trust and constitutional reform', British Social Attitudes, 18th Report, London, Sage, 2001.
18. Quoted in Hansard, HC Deb., vol. 426 (151), col. 589, 8 November 2004.