Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọ guzoro maka ndị Labour Party na oche nchekwa Conservative nke East Fife na ntuli aka izugbe nke 1970, na-efunahụ onye nnọchi anya MP Sir John Gilmour. Ọ ghọrọ onye otu nzuko omeiwu maka Stirling na Falkirk na ntuli aka na Septemba 1971, mgbe Malcolm MacPherson nwụsịrị. A gbanwere aha oche ya Stirling, Falkirk na Grangemouth maka ntuli aka n'ọnwa Febụwarị 1974; n'agbanyeghi na ọ gbanwere ndị Scottish Nationalists, ọ nọgidere na oche ahụ na Febụwarị na Ọktọba 1974, mana ọ nwere ọnụ ọgụgụ ka ukwuu. Harold Wilson họpụtara ya dị ka osote odeakwụkwọ nke steeti maka Scotland na-ahụ maka ikike na ihe ndị dị n'ime, na-ejigide ọnọdụ ahụ n'okpuru Jim Callaghan ka gọọmentị Labour na-aga n'ihu na atụmatụ maka ikike Scottish.
Nzukọ ahụ e mere n'ikpeazụ na March 1979 emeghị ka ihe ka ọtụtụ ná ndị mmadụ kweta. Gọọmentị ndị Labour dara na ntuli aka 1979 na-esote, ọ bụ ezie na Ewing jigidere oche ya na ọnụ ọgụgụ ka ukwuu. Ọ ghọrọ ọnụ na-ekwuchitere ụlọ ọrụ Scotland na 1981. Ọ bịara nke atọ na ntuli aka maka onye isi oche nke Labour Party na November 1981. A tụgharịrị oche ya ọzọ na ntuli aka nke 1983, a laghachiri ya maka oche onye nọchiri Falkirk East, wee bụrụ ọnụ na-ekwuchitere azụmahịa na ụlọ ọrụ n'okpuru Neil Kinnock. A họpụtara ya ọzọ n'afọ 1987, wee si n'ọkwa ya n'ihu oche. Ya na David Steel bụ onye isi oche nke Scottish Constitutional Convention guzobere na 1989 iji mee atụmatụ maka ịnyefe Scotland nke e mere atụmatụ ma ọ bụrụ na Labour meriri na ntuli aka nke 1992. Ndị Labour meriri na ntuliaka ahụ, e wepụkwara atụmatụ ndị ahụ. Ewing lara ezumike nká site n'ụlọ ndị omeiwu na ntuli aka nke afọ 1992.