Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 1997 ya ba da babbar nasara ga jam'iyyar a cikin shekaru 23, duk da cewa a gaban nasarar da Labour ta samu, jam'iyyar ba ta iya daidaitawa da zaben 1974 ba. A watan Satumba, jam'iyyar ta shiga tare da 'yan majalisa na Scottish Constitutional Convention a cikin yakin neman zaben Yes-Yes a cikin zaben raba gardama.
wanda ya haifar da kafa majalisar Scottish tare da ikon da ya bambanta haraji.