Scotland votes to remain in the United Kingdom
Alex Salmond's dream of independence has been shattered after Scotland voted to stay part of the United Kingdom.
Despite winning a majority of votes in some areas - including the nation's largest city Glasgow - the Yes campaign failed to secure enough support to win the historic referendum.
Mr Salmond's deputy Nicola Sturgeon conceded defeat with a handful of results still to be declared.
The Deputy First Minister told the BBC there was a " real sense of
disappointment that we have fallen narrowly short of securing a Yes
vote".
Prime Minister David Cameron revealed on Twitter he had
congratulated Alistair Darling, the leader of the cross party Better
Together campaign.
Mr Cameron said: "I've spoken to Alistair Darling - and congratulated him on a well-fought campaign."
Scottish First Minister Mr Salmond tweeted: "Well done to Glasgow and to the people of Scotland for such incredible support."
SNP MP Pete Wishart said on Twitter: "Obviously disappointed but
congratulate the No campaign and will work with them and my fellow Scots
to make my nation a better place."
While there was a comfortable
majority for Yes in Dundee, the turnout in the city was 78.8% - lower
than many other parts of Scotland, indicating that the Yes campaign has
not managed to get voters out in sufficient numbers.
The turnout in Glasgow was even lower at 75%, with 194,779 Yes votes (53.49%) and 169,347 No votes (46.51%).
"I've got mixed emotions," Ms Sturgeon said.
"I'm absolutely thrilled at the Yes vote in Glasgow. This is our biggest city and it has voted Yes.
"I'm obviously deeply disappointed that it looks as if we, overall, are
not going to secure a Yes vote, that we will fall narrowly short of
that."
She added: "I'm quite exhilarated by the campaign. What is undoubtedly the case is that people have voted for change tonight.
"We've got more than a million people voting for independence. Many of
those who didn't vote for independence will have voted No because they
believed that substantial new powers were coming to the Scottish
Parliament.
"Scotland's never going to be the same again as a result
of this fantastic campaign and therefore, yes, I'm disappointed but
also absolutely determined to make sure that the demand for change that
has been expressed in this vote is delivered."
The victory for the pro-UK campaign comes after a long, hard fought contest.
In a bid to keep the UK together Mr Cameron, Labour leader Ed Miliband
and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg were forced to promise more
powers would be transferred from London to the Scottish Parliament.
The Westminster leaders also vowed to retain the Barnett formula, the
method of distributing cash throughout the UK that sees Scotland receive
more per head in public spending than some other areas - a move which
is likely to be unpopular with some Tory backbenchers.
While the No
campaign won the referendum, Yes secured majorities in some of Labour's
traditional heartland areas - winning majorities in three local
authority areas where it has a majority, Glasgow, West Dunbartonshire
and North Lanarkshire.
As expected, Scotland's capital Edinburgh
rejected independence by a substantial margin of 194,638 votes for No
against 123,927 for Yes.
9/19/2014
Scotland votes to remain in the United Kingdom
COPYRIGHT. FIRSTCLASS NEWSLINE: All rights reserved.Every publication,material and other content on this site should not in anyway be reproduced,published,rewritten or copied wthout adding this site address link,name or giving credit to the site.Failure to do this will attract severe battle in the court of law or reporting of any site found guilty over intellectual property theft.
Like the Post? Kindly share with your Friends.
Related News
Subscribe by Email and Get Free Updates on my Blog
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment
To get the world and your friends informed.. Feel free to share every news you read on this site on any web or on any social network by clicking on the SHARE BUTTON ABOVE or share it by any other means but ensure to always share with the site link(web address) for reference and to avoid being SUED for intellectual theft.......post a comment after reading as well..,...we are here to serve you the best
use anonymous to post a comment if necessary