There was outrage from Labour and the SNP when it was announced the referendum would be held on the same day as the Scottish Parliament elections.
MPs from both parties claimed that the move showed a lack of respect.
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Scotland ‘should have been consulted on AV vote date’
The Coalition Government has been criticised for not consulting Scotland over the AV referendum as a Liberal Democrat minister admitted that losing the poll would kill off voting reform for a decade.
