<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Wamela iLabour Party esihlalweni esiphephile seConservative e-East Fife okhethweni lukazwelonke lwango-1970, elahlekelwa yilungu lePhalamende elikhona uSir John Gilmour. Waba yilungu lePhalamende laseStirling naseFalkirk okhethweni olwalandela ngoSepthemba 1971, kulandela ukufa kukaMalcolm MacPherson. Isihlalo sakhe saqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi iStirling, Falkirk neGrangemouth okhethweni jikelele ngoFebhuwari 1974; naphezu kokushintshela kumaScottish Nationalists, wagcina isihlalo ngoFebhuwari nango-Okthoba 1974, kodwa ngobuningi obuncishiswe kakhulu. UHarold Wilson wamqoka njengoNobhala-wezwe waseScotland obhekene nokudluliselwa kwemisebenzi kanye nezindaba zasekhaya, wagcina leso sikhundla ngaphansi kukaJim Callaghan njengoba uhulumeni wezabasebenzi eqhubekela phambili ngesiphakamiso sokudluliselwa kwemisebenzi eScotland. Inhlolovo yokugcina ngo-March 1979  <response>: yehluleka ukudlula ngeningi elanele. Uhulumeni wezabasebenzi wawa okhethweni olwalulandelwa ngo-1979, yize u-Ewing agcina isihlalo sakhe ngobuningi obandayo. Waba isikhulumi esiphambili embonini yaseScotland ngo-1981. Waba ngowesithathu ekuvotweni njengosihlalo wePhalamende Labasebenzi ngoNovemba 1981. Isihlalo sakhe saphinde sadonswa kabusha okhethweni jikelele lwango-1983, futhi wabuyiselwa esihlalweni esilandelayo seFalkirk East, futhi waba ngumkhulumeli wezohwebo nezimboni ngaphansi kukaNeil Kinnock. Waphinde wakhethwa ngo-1987, futhi washiya isikhundla sakhe esiphambili. Wayengusihlalo ohlanganyelwe noDavid Steel weScottish Constitutional Convention eyakhiwa ngo-1989 ukuhlela ukuhlukaniswa kweScotland okwakuhleliwe uma iLabour iwine ukhetho luka-1992. Iqembu lezabasebenzi lahluleka okhethweni, futhi izinhlelo zabekwa eshalofini. U-Ewing wathatha umhlalaphansi eNdlini Yezakhamuzi okhethweni luka-1992. 