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        *Exmouth Council split over call for referendum on 3,000 homes*
        A BID to give Exmouth residents a say on the building of 3,052
        new homes was rejected by town councillors on Monday. At the
        full council, former mayor Trevor Cope lost a vote calling for a
        public referendum, following a heated debate. He called for a
        poll...

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The following comment (7th Dec. 2007) was apparently rejected by the 
editor of the Exmouth Journal on-line:**

"Former mayor Trevor Cope is probably aware that a Parish Poll can be 
triggered by a small number of citizens. At a parish meeting,  ten 
people or a third of those present have the right to make a proposal and 
demand that a referendum (poll) be held.* *The basic rules, which 
presumably apply to Exmouth, may be found in the Local Government Act 1972.

Incidentally, these rules need to be improved. Under existing law it is 
rather too easy to trigger a referendum. The result of a properly 
conducted referendum, however, should be legally binding, which is not 
currently the case. For more information see "PARISH POLL RULES (ENGLAND 
AND WALES) NEED REVISION" at http://www.iniref.org/blog.html*  "



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