Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 2014, i pōti a Scotland i roto i tētahi pooti
i runga i te pātai o te noho hei whenua motuhake. Ko te taha Kāore, i tautokohia e ngā rōpū nui e toru o te UK, i whiwhi i te nuinga 55% ki te 45% kia noho tonu a Scotland hei wāhanga o te United Kingdom. Whai muri i te hua i te 18 Mahuru 2014, te Minita Tuatahi o Scotland, a Alex Salmond, i kii tana hiahia ki te wehe atu hei Minita Tuatahi me te kaiarahi o te SNP. I whakakapia ia e tana kaiawhina, e Nicola Sturgeon.