Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1976, kua ngaro te nuinga o nga nohoanga e toru i riro i te Kawanatanga o te Kaimahi i te 1974 i muri i te raupapa o nga whiwhinga whiringa, ka noho tonu 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 whakawakia ai te take o te mana whenua i te mea i te wa i whakawhiwhia ai te Runanga o Scotland ki te nuinga o te 51.6% i roto i te Runanga.
Ko te 63.7% o te hunga i tae mai ki te pōti, ko te 32.9% anake o te hunga i pōti i whakaae ki te pire. Ko te hua, ka tangohia e te SNP tana tautoko ki te Kawanatanga Mahi.