Abstract
ABSTRACTOn 5 June 1975, 67% of the British electorate voted ‘yes’ to maintaining membership of the European Community. This historic event was the UK’s first-ever national referendum, and as such important questions were raised about the rules governing the vote. Government policy was shaped by the need to ensure fairness and access to information, and a growing realisation that the public would vote ‘yes’. This resulted in a low-key information campaign which emphasised the ‘crisis’ atmosphere of the 1970s and the ‘declinist’ narrative that had pervaded the European debate since the first application in 1961.
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