Rubuta ci gaba don 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 goyon bayan shirin da aka gabatar a cikin watan Maris na 1979
a kan shawara, amma dokar ta tanadi cewa kashi 40% na yawan masu jefa kuri'a dole ne su jefa kuri'a. 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 dawo mulki a 1997, sun gabatar da kuri'ar raba gardama ta biyu wanda ya haifar da zartar da Dokar Scotland ta 1998 da kuma kirkirar Majalisar Scottish.