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by arethuza 4292 days ago
Technically you are correct - but that referendum had some odd requirements (it wasn't a simple majority vote) so devolution didn't happen:

"The referendum resulted in a 51.6% support for the proposal, but with a turnout of 64%, this represented only 32.9% of the registered electorate, short of the required 40%. The Act was therefore repealed."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_devolution_referendum,...

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For comparison, yesterday's turnout was 84.59%.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_independence_referendu...