Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1976, kua ngaro i te Kāwanatanga Mahi te nuinga o ngā tūru e toru i riro i a ia i te pōtitanga whānui o te tau 1974 i muri i te raupapa o ngā pōtitanga pōti, e whakawhirinaki ana ki te tautoko a te SNP. I roto i te tūnga o te kaihanga kingi, ka whakaingoatia e te SNP te mana kāinga mō Scotland hei utu. Ko te whakahe Conservative i akiaki i te ahunga whakamua o te pire Scottish ki te peke, heoi, i whakaaetia he pire ki te whakahaere i te pooti pooti mo te whakatuu i tetahi runanga ture mo Scotland i te 1978. Heoi anō, i tāpirihia e te Mema Mahi a George Cunningham tētahi whakatikatika e hiahia ana kia whakaaetia te tono e 40% o ngā kaipōti rēhita katoa kia whai mana ai. I roto i te mahi i whakawāteatia ai te take o te mana kāinga i te mea i te wā i whakaūhia ai te Rōpū o Scotland i te nuinga o te 51.6% i te pōti
Ko te turanga o te 63.7%, ko te 32.9% anake o nga kaitono i whakaae ki te pire. Ko te hua, ka tangohia e te SNP tana tautoko ki te Kawanatanga Mahi.