Ko te whakatūnga o tētahi Paremata Scottish i te tau 1999 kua whakaratohia e te SNP he kaupapa hei wikitōria i ngā pōtitanga i Scotland, e hanga ana i tētahi kāwanatanga iti mai i te 2007 ki te 2011, me tētahi kāwanatanga nuinga mai i te 2011 ki te 2016, i te wā i whakaaetia ai e te Pāremata te whakahaere i tētahi pōti mō te mana motuhake o Scotland
mai i te UK i puritia ki te whakaaetanga o te kāwanatanga 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%.