The 1975 Britain and Europe Referendum

Dr Robert Saunders, Queen Mary University of London

‘A Fanfare for Europe’

‘The Government has announced the results of the renegotiation of the

United Kingdom’s terms of membership in the European Community.

Do you think that the United Kingdom should stay in the European

Community (Common Market)?’

YESNO

‘Sainsbury’s Says Yes’

‘Yes’: ‘Britain in Europe’

‘No’: National Referendum Campaign

National Referendum Campaign: £8,000

Britain in Europe: £1.9 million

Government Grant to each side: £125,000

Britain in Europe

The Daily Mail

The Guardian

The Mirror

The Sun

The Telegraph

The Times

National Referendum Campaign

The Morning Star

The Spectator

Leadership

Tony Benn Enoch Powell

Barbara Castle Michael Foot

Women and the Referendum

‘Jobs for the boys’

Wales in Europe

• ‘After years of drift and failure, the Common Market offers an unrepeatable opportunity for a nation that lost an empire to gain a continent’.

The Cold War

‘A Seventies Crisis?’

The Three Day Week, 1974

Referendum Day, 5 June

‘Do you think the UK should stay in the European Community

(Common Market)?’

NO32.8%