Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A wannan lokacin, gano man fetur a cikin Tekun Arewa da kuma yakin "It's Scotland's oil" na Jam'iyyar Scottish National Party (SNP) ya haifar da karuwar goyon baya ga 'yancin kai na Scotland, da kuma SNP. Jam'iyyar ta yi jayayya cewa kudaden shiga daga man fetur ba su amfana da Scotland ba kamar yadda ya kamata. Haɗin waɗannan abubuwan da suka faru ya sa Firayim Minista Wilson ya ba da gwamnatinsa ga wani nau'i na majalisa a 1974. A karkashin sharuddan dokar Scotland ta 1978, za a kafa majalisa da za a zaba a Edinburgh idan jama'a sun amince da shi a zaben raba gardama da za a gudanar a ranar 1 ga Maris, 1979.
Ka yi haƙuri. Mafi rinjaye na 51.6% zuwa 48.4% sun zabe a cikin goyon bayan majalisar Scottish, amma Dokar ta bukaci cewa akalla 40% na yawan masu jefa kuri'a sun yi zabe a kan wannan tsari. Kamar yadda halartar ya kasance 63.6% kawai, kuri'un da suka dace sun wakilci 32.9% kawai na mutanen da suka cancanci yin zabe, kuma ba a kafa Majalisar ba.