Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ ndị mbụ, Kansụl Scotland nwere ikike dị nta, na ọgbakọ ya nwere ike ịtụle motions banyere ihe ndị Scotland ruo 1972. Otú ọ dị, nke a mere ka o nwee ike itinye oge dị ukwuu n'ajụjụ nke Scottish devolution. Ndi Labour mere mkpọsa maka okike nke nzuko omeiwu nke Scottish dika akụkụ nke atumatu ya kariri nke United Kingdom. Na ngwụcha afọ 1980s na 1990s, ya na ndị nnọchianya ya sonyere na Scottish Constitutional Convention na Scottish Liberal Democrats, Scottish Greens, ndị ọrụ aka na ụka, ma gbakwaa mbọ maka votu "Ee-Ee" na Scottish Constitutional Convention.
referendum nke 1997.