5. 1995 年，就独立问题举行了一次全民投票。合格选民中有 58.8%的选民参加了全面投票，其中 73.6%的人投票反对独立。据管理国称，按照百慕大标准，参加全民投票的选民比例不高。当时的反对党进步工党组织支持独立者抵制全民投票，声称应通过大选解决这一问题。
5. In 1995, a referendum was held on the question of independence. Of the 58.8 per cent of eligible voters who participated, a small number by Bermudian standards according to the administering Power, 73.6 per cent voted against independence. Th e then-opposition party, the Progressive Labour Party, had organized a boycott of the referendum among supporters of independence, arguing that the issue should be resolved by general election.