Kammala wannan jumla: A karkashin kulawar gwamnatin Firayim Minista Tony Blair na lokacin, za a kafa majalisar Scottish bisa ga Dokar
Sakamakon zaben raba gardama na Scotland na shekarar 1997. Dangane da haka, an kafa Highlands da Islands Alliance a cikin kaka na 1998 daga masu fafutukar gida waɗanda suka nemi "ƙirƙirar ƙarfi, murya mai zaman kanta ga Highlands da Islands" a shirye-shiryen zaɓen farko na shekara mai zuwa. Sun yi imanin cewa Babban Belt a cikin Scottish Lowlands, yankin da ya fi yawan jama'a a cikin ƙasar, ya sami kulawa mai yawa daga Gwamnatin Burtaniya a Westminster kuma an yi watsi da al'ummomin karkara a sakamakon haka. Kungiyar ta kuma so ta gyara gaskiyar cewa, a ra'ayinsu, mazauna Highlands da Tsibirin sun sami "ƙananan kudaden shiga da haraji mafi girma a Burtaniya". Membobin Alliance sun yi imanin cewa kafa majalisar da aka ba da izini a Holyrood wata dama ce ta haɓaka wakilcin yankinsu, suna sharhi cewa "[muna] da babban fata cewa Holyrood ba zai fito da yar tsana ta Rasha kamar daga Westminster ba".