# Referendum confirms European Community membership (1975)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/1975-referendum-confirms-european-community-membership
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Voters chose by a large majority to remain in the European Communities. Within the broader Postwar & Modern Uk period, decolonization, welfare institutions, migration, European integration and withdrawal, devolution and social change reshaped the modern United Kingdom. This event is placed at 5 June 1975 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. The vote temporarily settled the membership question but did not end political divisions over Europe.

## Why it matters
The vote temporarily settled the membership question but did not end political divisions over Europe.

Ruler at the time: [Elizabeth II](https://english-history.com/rulers/elizabeth-ii)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Referendum confirms European Community membership](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Referendum+confirms+European+Community+membership&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Referendum confirms European Community membership](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Referendum+confirms+European+Community+membership)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history)
- [The National Archives — Postwar collection](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/explore-by-time-period/postwar/)