Cika wannan jumla: Darling shi ne Shugaban da kuma daya daga cikin daraktocin Better Together yakin, wanda ya yi yakin neman zabe "A'a" a cikin
Zaben raba gardama na 2014 kan 'yancin kai na Scotland. Ya kasance cikin ƙaddamar da kamfen a watan Yunin 2012, ya ba da jawabi game da batun a cikin lacca na shekara-shekara na John P Mackintosh a watan Nuwamba na 2012, kuma ya yi jawabi a wani taron gefe a taron Scottish Conservative Conference a watan Yunin 2013. A watan Agusta 2014, Darling ya shiga cikin'da ', muhawara ta talabijin tare da Firayim Minista Alex Salmond kan fa'idodi da rashin fa'idar Scottish Independence.