Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan Rahoton Kilbrandon a 1973, yana ba da shawarar Majalisar Scottish mai ba da izini, gwamnatin Labour da Jim Callaghan ya jagoranta ta gabatar da Dokar Scotland 1978. Mafi rinjaye sun zabi tsarin da aka gabatar a cikin watan Maris 1979 a cikin kuri'ar raba gardama game da shawarar, amma Dokar ta bayyana cewa kashi 40% na yawan masu jefa kuri'a dole ne su yi zabe. Sakamakon kuri'ar raba gardama bai cika wannan ƙarin gwajin ba, kuma gwamnatin Kwadago ta yanke shawarar kada ta ci gaba da turawa. Lokacin da jam'iyyar ta koma mulki a shekarar 1997, sun gabatar da kuri'ar raba gardama ta biyu
wanda ya haifar da zartar da Dokar Scotland ta 1998 da kuma kafa majalisar Scottish.