What is a referendum
A referendum is the procedure whereby a decision on proposed legislation, is referred to the electorate for settlement by direct vote of all the people. ... Circumstances of three referenda in the UK are as follows: - The Northern Ireland referendum of 1973 The Northern Ireland referendum was held in Northern Ireland on 8th March 1973. ... - The United Kingdom referendum of 1975 The United Kingdom referendum of 1975 was held on the 5th of June in the whole of the Uk and was over whether the UK had support to stay in the European Economic Community, which the UK had entered in 1973, under the Conservative government of 1983.