Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An zabi Donald Dewar don kujerar Glasgow Garscadden da mafi yawan mutane uku, bayan abokin Dewar a cikin Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers MP Willie Small ya mutu ba zato ba tsammani. An dawo da shi majalisa a zaben da aka yi a ranar 13 ga Afrilu 1978, babbar nasara ce da aka gani a matsayin dakatar da hauhawar Jam'iyyar Scottish National Party. A cikin
Zaben raba gardama na farko na Scotland game da rarrabawa, wanda aka gudanar a watan Maris na 1979, ya yi kamfen don kuri'ar "Ee" tare da Conservative Alick Buchanan-Smith da Liberal Russell Johnston. Kodayake sun sami rinjaye mafi rinjaye, ya kasa kasa da kashi 40% da ake bukata, wanda ya taimaka wajen rushe Gwamnatin Callaghan, a watan Mayu 1979.