Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te whakatūnga o tētahi Pāremata Pirihimana Pirihimana i te tau 1999 kua whakaratohia e te SNP he kaupapa hei wikitoria i ngā pōtitanga i Pirihimana, e hanga ana i tētahi kāwanatanga iti iho mai i te 2007 ki te 2011, me tētahi kāwanatanga nuinga mai i te 2011 ki te 2016, i taua wā i whakaaetia ai e te Pāremata te whakahaere i ngā pōtitanga i te tau 2016.
he pooti mo te mana motuhake o Scotland mai i te UK i whakahaerehia me te whakaaetanga o te kawanatanga o te United Kingdom. I whakahaerehia te pooti i te 18 o Hepetema 2014, me te 55.3% i pooti ki te motuhake me te 44.7% i pooti i te taha o te 84.6%.