Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te uniana Scottish e whakahe ana ki te mana motuhake o Scotland, ko te tikanga ka wehe atu a Scotland i te UK ka noho hei kawanatanga motuhake. Ko ngā rōpū tōrangapū e tautoko ana i te mana motuhake o Scotland ko te Scottish National Party (SNP) me te Scottish Greens. Kua hangaia e te SNP te Kawanatanga o Scotland mai i te tau 2007. Whai muri i te wikitoria o te SNP i te nuinga katoa i te pooti Paremata o 2011 o Scottish, i whakaae nga kawanatanga o UK me Scottish ki te whakahaere i tetahi huihuinga nui mo nga mema o te SNP.
te pooti mo te mana motuhake o Scotland, i tu i te 18 o Mahuru 2014. I hangaia e nga rōpū tōrangapū matua e toru o te UK te kaupapa Better Together, e tautoko ana i te noho tonu o Scotland ki te UK. I puta te pooti i te wikitoria mo te "No" (unionist) pakanga, me te 55.3% o nga pooti i tukuna mo te "No" ki te mana motuhake o Scotland, me te 44.7% i tukuna mo te "Ae" ki te mana motuhake o Scotland.