<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ukusekelwa kweSNP kwafinyelela ku-30 okhethweni lukazwelonke lwango-Okthoba 1974, lapho kwakhethwa amalungu ePhalamende angu-11 e-SNP. Ngo-1978 uhulumeni weLabour waphasisa uMthetho waseScotland owawusemthethweni wokusungulwa kweSishayamthetho saseScotland, uma abaseScotland bevotela lokho ngenhlolovo  <response>: . futhi. Nokho, iLabour Party yayihlukene kakhulu endabeni yokunikezelwa kwamandla. Ukuchibiyelwa koMthetho waseScotland owawuhlongozwa yiPhalamende labasebenzi uGeorge Cunningham, okwathi ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho wadlulela eSocial Democratic Party SDP eyayisanda kwakhiwa, kwadingeka ukuthi u-40 wabavoti abaphelele bavotele ukwakha umhlangano. Naphezu kokuwusekela ngokusemthethweni, inani elikhulu lamalungu eqembu lezokuSebenza laphikisana nokusungulwa komhlangano. Lokhu kwehlukana kwaba nomthelela ekutholeni iningi elincane elithi Yebo, nokwehluleka ukufinyelela umkhawulo ka-40 kaCunningham. Iminyaka engu-18 yokubusa kwamaConservative, ngaphansi kukaMargaret Thatcher bese kuba ngaphansi kukaJohn Major, yabhekana nokuphikiswa okunamandla kwanoma isiphi isiphakamiso sokunikezelwa kwegunya eScotland, naseWales. 