Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Chikunguru 1997, akaburitsa zvakadzama hurongwa hweHurumende hwekupa masimba muWhite Paper "A Voice for Wales" uye akatungamira mushandirapamwe wakabudirira weLabour Party wekuvhota "hongu" murunyerekupe rwekugovera masimba musi wa18 Gunyana 1997. Kunyange zvazvo vashandi vakashandura ruzhinji rwe 4 kusvika ku 1 mukurwisana nokugoverwa kwakanyorwa mu 1979 referendum
, ruzhinji ruduku rwe0.6% pane 50.1% yekubuda, yakakanda mumvuri pamusoro pesimba resangano.