Editing 1997 Scottish devolution referendum (section)

==Results==
The result was "Yes-Yes": the majority voted "I agree" in favour of both proposals.<ref name = "result"/> Two council areas had an overall "Yes-No" result – [[Dumfries and Galloway]] and [[Orkney]]. More votes were cast for the first question than the second in all regions (except [[Fife]]), with substantially more spoilt ballots for the second question, perhaps due to voter confusion over the two papers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/RP97-113 |title=Results of Devolution Referendums 1979 & 1997 |first=Richard |last=Dewdney |date=10 November 1997 |publisher=[[House of Commons Library]] |id=Research Paper No 97/113 |access-date=25 June 2017 |archive-date=24 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224160140/http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/RP97-113 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Question 1===
[[File:Scottish devolution referendum, 1997 Question 1.svg|thumb|Map showing results by council.
<br />'''Yes''':
{{legend|#B6C8D9|50–60% Yes}} 
{{legend|#7D9CBB|60–70% Yes}} 
{{legend|#47729E|70-80% Yes}} 
{{legend|#28497C|80-90% Yes}}
|right|180px]]

{{Referendum
| title          = 1997 Scottish devolution referendum<br />(Question 1)
| option1        = '''{{nowrap|I agree there should be a Scottish Parliament}}'''
| yes            = 1,775,045
| yespct         = 74.29
| option2        = {{nowrap|I do not agree that there should be a Scottish Parliament}}
| no             = 614,200
| nopct          = 25.71
| valid          = 2,389,445
| validpct       = 99.50
| invalid        = 11,986
| invalidpct     = 0.50
| total          = 2,401,431
| turnoutpct     = 60.43
| electorate     = 3,973,673
| VAP            = 
| VAPturnoutpct  = 
| noicons        = 1
| source         =
}}

{{Referendum bar
| title = Question 1

| text1       = Agree
| vote1       = 1,775,045
| background1 = #0d6ae8
| textcolor1  = #fff

| text2       = Disagree
| vote2       = 614,400
| background2 = #a07ac5
| textcolor2  = #fff
}}

====By council area====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Council area
! colspan=2 | Votes
! colspan=2 | Proportion of votes
|-
! Agree
! Disagree
! Agree
! Disagree 
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Aberdeen City]]
| '''65,035'''
| 25,580
| '''71.8%'''
| 28.2%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Aberdeenshire]]
| '''61,621'''
| 34,878
| '''63.9%'''
| 36.1%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Angus, Scotland|Angus]]
| '''33,571'''
| 18,350
| '''64.7%'''
| 35.3%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Argyll and Bute]]
| '''30,452'''
| 14,796
| '''67.3%'''
| 32.7%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Clackmannanshire]]
| '''18,790'''
| 4,706
| '''80.0%'''
| 20.0%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Dumfries and Galloway]]
| '''44,619'''
| 28,863
| '''60.7%'''
| 39.3%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Dundee City (council area)|Dundee City]]
| '''49,252'''
| 15,553
| '''76.0%'''
| 24.0%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[East Ayrshire]]
| '''49,131'''
| 11,426
| '''81.1%'''
| 18.9%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[East Dunbartonshire]]
| '''40,917'''
| 17,725
| '''69.8%'''
| 30.2%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[East Lothian]]
| '''33,525'''
| 11,665
| '''74.2%'''
| 25.8%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[East Renfrewshire]]
| '''28,253'''
| 17,573
| '''61.7%'''
| 38.3%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[City of Edinburgh (council area)|City of Edinburgh]]
| '''155,900'''
| 60,832
| '''71.9%'''
| 28.1%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Falkirk (council area)|Falkirk]]
| '''55,642'''
| 13,953
| '''80.0%'''
| 20.0%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Fife]]
| '''125,668'''
| 39,517
| '''76.1%'''
| 23.9%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Glasgow City (council area)|Glasgow City]]
| '''204,269'''
| 40,106
| '''83.6%'''
| 16.4%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| '''72,551'''
| 27,431
| '''72.6%'''
| 27.4%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Inverclyde]]
| '''31,680'''
| 8,945
| '''78.0%'''
| 22.0%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Midlothian]]
| '''31,681'''
| 7,979
| '''79.9%'''
| 20.1%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Moray]]
| '''24,822'''
| 12,122
| '''67.2%'''
| 32.8%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[North Ayrshire]]
| '''51,304'''
| 15,931
| '''76.3%'''
| 23.7%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[North Lanarkshire]]
| '''123,063'''
| 26,010
| '''82.6%'''
| 17.4%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Perth and Kinross]]
| '''40,344'''
| 24,998
| '''61.7%'''
| 38.3%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Renfrewshire]]
| '''68,711'''
| 18,213
| '''79.0%'''
| 21.0%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Scottish Borders]]
| '''33,855'''
| 20,060
| '''62.8%'''
| 37.2%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[South Ayrshire]]
| '''40,161'''
| 19,909
| '''66.9%'''
| 33.1%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[South Lanarkshire]]
| '''114,908'''
| 32,762
| '''77.8%'''
| 22.2%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Stirling (council area)|Stirling]]
| '''29,190'''
| 13,440
| '''68.5%'''
| 31.5%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[West Dunbartonshire]]
| '''39,051'''
| 7,058
| '''84.7%'''
| 15.3%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[West Lothian]]
| '''56,923'''
| 14,614
| '''79.6%'''
| 20.4%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)]]
| '''9,977'''
| 2,589
| '''79.4%'''
| 20.6%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Orkney]]
| '''4,749'''
| 3,541
| '''57.3%'''
| 42.7%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Shetland]]
| '''5,430'''
| 3,275
| '''62.4%'''
| 37.6%
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
|}

===Question 2===
[[File:Scottish_devolution_referendum,_1997_Question_2.svg|thumb|Map showing results by council. 
<br />'''Yes''':
{{legend|#B6C8D9|50–60%}} 
{{legend|#7D9CBB|60–70%}}
{{legend|#47729E|70-80%}} 
'''No''':<br />
{{legend|#DEDEBD|50–60%}}
|right|180px]]

{{Referendum
| title          = Scottish devolution referendum, 1997<br />(Question 2)
| option1        = '''I agree that a Scottish Parliament should have tax-varying powers'''
| yes            = 1,512,889
| yespct         = 63.48
| option2        = I do not agree that a Scottish Parliament should have tax-varying powers
| no             = 870,263
| nopct          = 36.52
| valid          = 2,383,152
| validpct       = 99.21
| invalid        = 19,013
| invalidpct     = 0.79
| total          = 2,402,165
| turnoutpct     = 60.45
| electorate     = 3,973,673
| VAP            = 
| VAPturnoutpct  = 
| noicons        = 1
| source         =
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:600px; text-align:center;"
|+ Question 2 referendum results (without spoiled ballots):
|-
|  style="width:63.5%; background:#0D6AE8;color:#FFFFFF;"|'''Agree:<br />1,512,889 (63.5%)'''
|  style="width:36.5%; background:#A07AC5;color:#FFFFFF;"|''Disagree:<br />870,263 (36.5%)''
|-
| colspan=4 style="text-align: center; line-height: 32.1%;" | '''▲'''
|}

====By council area====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! rowspan=2 | Council area
! colspan=2 | Votes
! colspan=2 | Proportion of votes
|-
! Agree
! Disagree
! Agree
! Disagree 
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Aberdeen City]]
| '''54,320'''
| 35,709
| '''60.3%'''
| 39.7%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Aberdeenshire]]
| '''50,295'''
| 45,929
| '''52.3%'''
| 47.7%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Angus, Scotland|Angus]]
| '''27,641'''
| 24,089
| '''53.4%'''
| 46.6%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Argyll and Bute]]
| '''25,746'''
| 19,429
| '''57.0%'''
| 43.0%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Clackmannanshire]]
| '''16,112'''
| 7,355
| '''68.7%'''
| 31.3%
|- style="background:#E6DCEF;"
| [[Dumfries and Galloway]]
| 35,737
| '''37,499'''
| 48.8%
| '''51.2%'''
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Dundee City (council area)|Dundee City]]
| '''42,304'''
| 22,280
| '''65.5%'''
| 34.5%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[East Ayrshire]]
| '''42,559'''
| 17,824
| '''70.5%'''
| 29.5%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[East Dunbartonshire]]
| '''34,576'''
| 23,914
| '''59.1%'''
| 40.9%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[East Lothian]]
| '''28,152'''
| 16,765
| '''62.7%'''
| 37.3%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[East Renfrewshire]]
| '''23,580'''
| 22,153
| '''51.6%'''
| 48.4%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[City of Edinburgh (council area)|City of Edinburgh]]
| '''133,843'''
| 82,188
| '''62.0%'''
| 38.0%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Falkirk (council area)|Falkirk]]
| '''48,064'''
| 21,403
| '''69.2%'''
| 30.8%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Fife]]
| '''108,021'''
| 58,987
| '''64.7%'''
| 35.3%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Glasgow City (council area)|Glasgow City]]
| '''182,589'''
| 60,842
| '''75.0%'''
| 25.0%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| '''61,359'''
| 37,525
| '''62.1%'''
| 37.9%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Inverclyde]]
| '''27,194'''
| 13,277
| '''67.2%'''
| 32.8%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Midlothian]]
| '''26,776'''
| 12,762
| '''67.7%'''
| 32.3%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Moray]]
| '''19,326'''
| 17,344
| '''52.7%'''
| 47.3%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[North Ayrshire]]
| '''43,990'''
| 22,991
| '''65.7%'''
| 34.3%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[North Lanarkshire]]
| '''107,288'''
| 41,372
| '''72.2%'''
| 27.8%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Perth and Kinross]]
| '''33,398'''
| 31,709
| '''51.3%'''
| 48.7%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Renfrewshire]]
| '''55,075'''
| 31,537
| '''63.6%'''
| 36.4%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Scottish Borders]]
| '''27,284'''
| 26,487
| '''50.7%'''
| 49.3%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[South Ayrshire]]
| '''33,679'''
| 26,217
| '''56.2%'''
| 43.8%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[South Lanarkshire]]
| '''99,587'''
| 47,708
| '''67.6%'''
| 32.4%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Stirling (council area)|Stirling]]
| '''25,044'''
| 17,487
| '''58.9%'''
| 41.1%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[West Dunbartonshire]]
| '''34,408'''
| 11,628
| '''74.7%'''
| 25.3%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[West Lothian]]
| '''47,990'''
| 23,354
| '''67.3%'''
| 32.7%
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)]]
| '''8,557'''
| 3,947
| '''68.4%'''
| 31.6%
|- style="background:#E6DCEF;"
| [[Orkney]]
| 3,917
| '''4,344'''
| 47.4%
| '''52.6%'''
|-style="background:#CFE2FC;"
| [[Shetland]]
| '''4,478'''
| 4,198
| '''51.6%'''
| 48.4%
|}

Votes in favour of tax-varying powers still commanded significant majority, when compared to establishing the Parliament per se. A majority voted 'I agree' in every local council, apart from in [[Dumfries & Galloway]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/devolution/scotland/live/dumfriesgall.shtml |title=Result – Dumfries and Galloway |work=[[BBC News]] |date=1997 |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-date=15 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515235724/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/devolution/scotland/live/dumfriesgall.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Orkney]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/devolution/scotland/live/orkney.shtml |title=Result – Orkney Islands |work=[[BBC News]] |date=1997 |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-date=15 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515235145/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/devolution/scotland/live/orkney.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Overall turnout by council area===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Council area
! Turnout
|-
| [[Aberdeen City]]
| 53.7%
|-
| [[Aberdeenshire]]
|57.0%
|-
| [[Angus, Scotland|Angus]]
| 60.2%
|-
| [[Argyll & Bute]]
| 65.0%
|-
| [[Clackmannanshire]]
| 66.1%
|-
| [[Dumfries & Galloway]]
| 63.4%
|-
| [[Dundee City (council area)|Dundee City]]
| 55.7%
|-
| [[East Ayrshire]]
| 64.8%
|-
| [[East Dunbartonshire]]
| 72.2%
|-
| [[East Lothian]]
| 65.0%
|-
| [[East Renfrewshire]]
| 68.2%
|-
| [[City of Edinburgh (council area)|City of Edinburgh]]
| 60.1%
|-
| [[Falkirk (council area)|Falkirk]]
| 63.7%
|-
| [[Fife]]
| 60.7%
|-
| [[Glasgow City (council area)|Glasgow City]]
| 51.6%
|-
| [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| 60.3%
|-
| [[Inverclyde]]
| 60.4%
|-
| [[Midlothian]]
| 65.1%
|-
| [[Moray]]
| 57.8%
|-
| [[North Ayrshire]]
| 63.4%
|-
| [[North Lanarkshire]]
| 60.8%
|-
| [[Perth & Kinross]]
| 63.5%
|-
| [[Renfrewshire]]
| 62.8%
|-
| [[Scottish Borders]]
| 64.8%
|-
| [[South Ayrshire]]
| 66.7%
|-
| [[South Lanarkshire]]
| 63.1%
|-
| [[Stirling (council area)|Stirling]]
| 65.8%
|-
| [[West Dunbartonshire]]
| 63.7%
|-
| [[West Lothian]]
| 60.4%
|-
| [[Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)]]
| 55.8%
|-
| [[Orkney]]
| 53.5%
|-
| [[Shetland]]
| 51.5%
|}