Cika wannan jumla:
1979 Scottish raba gardama, wanda aka gudanar a ranar 1 ga Maris, ya haifar da mafi yawan masu jefa kuri'a da suka jefa kuri'unsu don samar da Majalisar Scottish, amma ka'idojin raba gardama sun buƙaci aƙalla kashi 40% na yawan masu jefa kuri'a da ke goyon bayan shawarar, jimlar da ba a kai ba. Gwamnatin 'yan tsiraru ta Labour, da sanin cewa da yawa daga cikin' yan majalisarta za su yi tawaye idan suka ci gaba da aiwatar da dokar don ƙirƙirar Majalisar, sun ƙi buƙatun daga SNP da Plaid Cymru don yin hakan. A ranar 28 ga Maris, SNP ta shiga cikin Conservatives, Liberals da sauransu don tallafawa rashin amincewa da gwamnati wanda ya wuce ta hanyar kuri'a daya, tilasta wa babban zabe. Bayan zaben, Anthony Finlay ya rubuta a cikin "The Glasgow Hearld" cewa goyon bayan SNP ga rashin amincewa da rashin amincewa "ya zama kamar wani motsi ne a lokacin", amma ya dogara ne akan ra'ayin cewa masu jefa kuri'a na Scottish za su yi fushi sosai a lokacin da ba a aiwatar da shi ba, duk da samun goyon bayan 52% wanda ya zabe, cewa za su juya zuwa SNP a cikin zanga-zanga. Kamar yadda Finlay ya lura, matsayin SNP shine ya tabbatar da "kuskuren kuskuren hukunci". A wani taron zabe a Glasgow a farkon yakin neman zabe, Callaghan ya kai hari ga rawar da SNP ke takawa wajen hada kai da 'yan Conservatives don saukar da gwamnatinsa. Ya bayyana su a matsayin "turkeys masu jefa kuri'a don Kirsimeti" kuma ya bukaci magoya bayansa na Scotland su "yanke su a cikin rumfunan zabe".