| Summary: | This series contains the records of the Labour Party constitutional referendum campaigns. Includes: 1968 proportional representation referendum campaign; entry to the European Economic Community (EEC) referendum; 1983 ‘anti-amendment campaign’; 1985 divorce referendum campaign; 1995 divorce referendum campaign; 1992 ‘X’ case referendum campaign; 1998 Good Friday Agreement referendum campaign; 1998 Amsterdam Treaty referendum campaign; 2002 abortion referendum campaign; 2001 and 2002 Nice Treaty referendum campaigns; and the 2008 Lisbon Treaty referendum campaigns. Files principally include: campaign notes for members; referendum ‘fact books’; press releases; correspondence and circulars; campaign committee minutes and reports; private members bill in the name of Mervyn Taylor TD concerning divorce, dated 21 Nov 1985; referendum literature proofs; and text of speeches by members of the Parliamentary Labour Party.
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