Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tohua a Donald Dewar mo te nohoanga o Glasgow Garscadden e te nuinga o te tokotoru, i muri i te mate ohorere o te hoa o Dewar i te Uniana o nga Kaimahi Hangarau o nga Kaimahi, a Willie Small. I whakahokia ia ki te whare paremata i te pooti iti i te 13 o Aperira 1978, he wikitoria nui i kitea hei aukati i te pikinga o te Rōpū Motu o Scottish. I roto i
Ko te pooti tuatahi a Scotland mo te whakakorenga, i tu i te Poutu-te-rangi 1979, i whakatairanga ia mo te pooti "Ae" i te taha o te Conservative Alick Buchanan-Smith me te Liberal Russell Johnston. Ahakoa i wikitoria ratou i te nuinga iti, kaore i tae ki te 40% e hiahiatia ana, i uru ki te hinganga o te Kawanatanga o Callaghan, i te Mei 1979.