Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kutarisirwa kwehutungamiri kwakapiwa kuScotland, nekusikwa kweScottish Office, muna 1885. Pakati pezana ramakore rechi20, sangano rehurumende yomunzvimbomo rakava rinokosha, richiita nhimbe nokuda kweungano yeScotland. Pakati pa1947 na1950, Chibvumirano cheScotland, chikumbiro chaikumbira dare remitemo reScotland mukati meUK, chakagamuchira masiginecha anopfuura mamiriyoni maviri. Kwakanga kusati kuri kutozosvikira muna 1979 apo kugoverwa kwemasimba kwakapinda munhau yezvematongerwe enyika <unk>
Muna 1979 referendamu yokuScotland yokuita kuti hurumende ishandiswezve yakaitwa. Pasinei nokuvhota kwe51.6% vachibvumirana nokugoverwa, Mutemo weScotland wa1978 hauna kuitwa pamusana pechinodiwa chokuti vhoti ye"Hongu" igamuchire rutsigiro rwe40% yevasarudzo, iyo yakanga isati yasangana pa63.8% yekubuda. Muna 1999, nemhaka yokubudirira kwereferendamu yechipiri, Paramende yeScotland yakasikwa.