Sentence examples for in local referendums from inspiring English sources

These have been adopted in local referendums.

Other parts of the country have already voted in local referendums against the idea of mayors.

Elected mayors have had their moment, with only 11 towns and no large cities opting for a mayor in local referendums since 2001.

People in Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham, Bradford, Coventry, Sheffield, Wakefield and Newcastle have voted against the idea in local referendums, with only Bristol voters bucking the trend and providing the prime minister with some comfort.

A poll for the BBC has found that 63% of voters in England backed devolution, but it is hard to tell how that figure will translate into votes in local referendums, where people will most likely be better informed about exactly what they are being asked to support.

The idea is that parish councils and "neighbourhood forums" come together to decide where new shops, offices or homes should go and what green spaces to protect - which is then voted on by local people in local referendums.

Its electorate supported the concept of an elected mayor in a local referendum in 2012 when voters in other cities rejected the idea.

Border towns could in theory hold local referendums and secede in a piecemeal manner.

On April 6th, 60% of voters in a local referendum in Inglewood, a suburb of Los Angeles, turned down a proposal for a giant new Wal-Mart.Some of Wal-Mart's new supercentres, which can range up to 220,000 square feet in size, are now being designed to be just a fraction smaller than the 100,000 square-foot limits on retail units that have been imposed in some parts of America.

In a local referendum in the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville last June, voters rejected a project to turn a community center into a mosque.

In a local referendum in the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville last June, voters rejected a project to turn a community centre into a mosque.