Party Positions On Constitution
As with the 1975 vote, there is a broad range of left and right wing parties in the No camp. In the February 1974 general election, Conservative right-winger Enoch Powell supported Labour's calls for a referendum and for a "no" vote, even calling on Conservative voters to vote Labour to ensure the vote took place. This time, the Conservative and other right-wing/Eurosceptic parties share their opposition to the treaty with Leftist parties who believe that the treaty will cement the Classical reCapitalist economic model that they believe the EU follows.
For
- Labour
- Liberal Democrats
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Scottish Green Party
- Scottish National Party
Against
- Conservatives
- United Kingdom Independence Party
- Veritas
- British National Party
- Green Party of England and Wales
- RESPECT The Unity Coalition
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Scottish Socialist Party
- Progressive Unionist Party
- UK Unionist Party
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