HC Deb 28 February 1978 vol 945 c124W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number and proportion of spoilt ballot papers in the referendum on membership of the EEC in 1975.

Mr. John

The Chief Counting Officer reported in June 1975 (Cmnd. 6105) that 54,540 votes cast at the referendum were rejected; they were 0.21 per cent. of the total number of ballot papers counted.

Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the electorate, in each of the counties of Wales, voted (a) "Yes", (b) "No" and (c) abstained in the 1975 referendum on EEC membership.

Mr. John

The information is as follows:

committee and the justices' clerk. However, I understand that the requirements for tax purposes can normally be met by a statement by the recipient herself of the payments she has or has not received, supplemented where necessary by the statements of arrears which are provided by justices' clerks, including the justices' clerk at Birmingham, in accordance with Rule 33 of the Magistrates' Courts Rules 1968.