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Northern Ireland: border polls
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- Author(s)
- House of Commons Library
- Publisher
- UK Parliament
- Original language
- en
- Link
- https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10101/Accessed 19 September 2026
Editorial annotation
Official parliamentary research briefing explaining the border poll mechanism under the Northern Ireland Act 1998, the Secretary of State's discretionary and mandatory powers, and the unresolved question of how "likely" majority support for unification is to be judged.
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