23 June 2016

Politics & Power

2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum

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The 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, commonly referred to as the EU referendum or the Brexit referendum, was a referendum that took place on Thursday 23 June 2016 in the United Kingdom (UK) and Gibraltar under the provisions of the European Union Referendum Act 2015 to ask the electorate whether the country should continue to remain a member of, or leave, the European Union (EU). The result was a vote in favour of leaving the EU, triggering calls to begin the process of the country's withdrawal from the EU commonly termed "Brexit". Since 1973, the UK had been a member state of the EU and its predecessor organisation the European Communities (EC) (principally the European Economic Community (EEC), along with other international bodies.

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2016 EU Referendum Ballot PaperThe Electoral CommissionPublic domainWikimedia Commons
-i---i- (25626887261)synecdoche from Hertford, UKCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
2016 EU referendum results chart full electorateCnbrbCC0Wikimedia Commons
An ad for Brexit Auctions at Jonesborough (geograph 6079181)Eric JonesCC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons
An ad for Brexit Fuels on the Lower Foughall Road (geograph 6079146)Eric JonesCC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Brexit (27240041144)Ungry Young Man from Vienna, AustriaCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Brexit News (27794274542)Neil CummingsCC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons
Brexit-graphMatman from LublinCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
EU referendum remain poster, Belfast, June 2016 - geograph.org.uk - 4990237Albert BridgeCC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons
FALQs: Brexit ReferendumUnknownUnknown — LoC, rights unverifiedLibrary of Congress
Online privacy law (2017 Update) : Australia, Canada, European Union, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United KingdomUnknownUnknown — LoC, rights unverifiedLibrary of Congress

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