Festival and Devolution · event 6 of 10

1997

Devolution. Scotland votes yes to a parliament and yes to tax-varying powers, on turnout of about 60 per cent.

The Festival and Devolution era

  1. 1947
  2. 1950
  3. 1964
  4. 1995
  5. 1996
  6. 1997
  7. 1999
  8. 2004
  9. 2014
  10. 2023

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