Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 1976, Gwamnatin Kwadago ta rasa mafi yawan kujerun uku da ta samu a babban zaben 1974 bayan jerin raunin da aka yi a zaben, wanda ya sa rayuwarta ta dogara da goyon bayan SNP. A matsayin mai yin sarki, SNP ya kira mulkin gida ga Scotland a matsayin farashinta. 'Yan adawa masu ra'ayin mazan jiya sun tilasta ci gaba da lissafin Scottish don yin rarrafe, duk da haka, an zartar da lissafin don gudanar da kuri'ar raba gardama kan kafa majalisar dokoki ta Scotland a shekarar 1978. Duk da haka, Labour MP George Cunningham ya sanya gyare-gyare wanda ke buƙatar cewa 40% na duk masu jefa ƙuri'a da aka rajista su amince da shawarar don yin tasiri. A aikace wannan ya yanke hukuncin mulkin gida kamar yadda yayin da majalisar Scottish da aka gabatar ta sami rinjaye na 51.6% a zaben raba gardama
, fitowar 63.7% na nufin kawai 32.9% na masu jefa kuri'a sun amince da lissafin. A sakamakon haka, SNP ya janye goyon bayansa ga Gwamnatin Labour.