Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A shekara ta 1976, Gwamnatin Kwadago ta rasa mafi yawan kujerun uku da ta samu a babban zaben 1974 bayan jerin nasarorin da aka yi a zaben, wanda ya sa rayuwarta ta dogara ne akan goyon bayan SNP. A matsayin mai yin sarki, SNP ya kira mulkin gida ga Scotland a matsayin farashinta. 'Yan adawa masu ra'ayin mazan jiya sun tilasta ci gaba da lissafin Scottish don yin rarrafe, duk da haka, an zartar da lissafin don gudanar da kuri'ar raba gardama kan kafa majalisar dokoki ta Scotland a shekarar 1978. Duk da haka, Labour MP George Cunningham ya sanya gyare-gyare wanda ke buƙatar cewa 40% na duk masu jefa ƙuri'a da aka rajista su amince da shawarar don yin tasiri. A aikace wannan ya yanke hukuncin mulkin gida yayin da majalisa ta Scottish da aka gabatar ta sami rinjaye na 51.6% a majalisa.
kuri'ar raba gardama, fitowar kashi 63.7% na nufin kashi 32.9% na masu jefa kuri'a ne kawai suka amince da kudirin. A sakamakon haka, SNP ya janye goyon bayansa ga Gwamnatin Labour.