<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: I-Scottish National Party yathola isihlalo sayo sokuqala eWestminster ngo-1945 futhi yaba yiqembu elaziwa kakhulu ezweni lonke ngawo-1970, yathola amalungu ePhalamende angu-11 ngo-1974. Kodwa-ke, inhlolovo yokunikezelwa ngo-1979 ayiphumelelanga njengoba ingazange ifinyelele ekusekeleni okudingekayo kwamaphesenti angama-40 abavoti naphezu kweningi elincane lalabo abavotela ukusekela lesi siphakamiso kanti i-SNP yawela ekwehleni okhethweni phakathi nawo-1980. Ukwethulwa ngo-1989 nguhulumeni we-Conservative owaholwa nguThatcher we-Community Charge eyaziwa kabanzi njenge-Poll Tax, unyaka owodwa ngaphambi kwe-United Kingdom yonke, kwafaka isandla ekukhuleni kwenhlangano yokubuyela ekulawuleni okuqondile kwaseScotland ezindabeni zasekhaya. Impumelelo yokhetho yeNew Labour ngo-1997 yayiholwa oNdunankulu ababili abanokuxhumana kwaseScotland: uTony Blair owakhulela eScotland kusukela ngo-1997 kuya ku-2007 noGordon Brown kusukela ngo-2007 kuya ku-2010, kwavula indlela yokushintsha komthethosisekelo. Ngo-11 Septhemba 1997, isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-700 seMpi yaseStirling Bridge, uhulumeni weLabour owaholwa nguBlair waphinde wabamba inhlolovo ngendaba yokunikezelwa kwamandla. Umphumela omuhle waholela ekusungulweni kwePhalamende laseScotland elinikezwe amandla ngo-1999. Uhulumeni wobumbano, owawuzohlala kuze kube ngu-2007, wakhiwa phakathi kwabasebenzi kanye namaLiberal Democrats, noDonald Dewar njengoNgqongqoshe Wokuqala. Isakhiwo esisha sePhalamende laseScotland, esiseduze neHolyrood House e-Edinburgh, savulwa ngo-2004. Yize ekuqaleni ingazange ifinyelele esiqongweni sayo seminyaka yo-1970 okhethweni lwaseWestminster, i-SNP yaba nempumelelo enkulu okhethweni lwePhalamende laseScotland ngohlelo lwayo lokumela amalungu ahlanganisiwe. Yaba yiqembu eliphikisayo elisemthethweni ngo-1999, uhulumeni omncane ngo-2007 nohulumeni wobuningi kusukela ngo-2011. Ngo-2014, i-  <response>: ukuvota kokuzimela kwabona abavoti belahla ukuzimela, bekhetha ukuhlala e-United Kingdom. Okhethweni lwaseWestminster lwango-2015, i-SNP yathola izihlalo ezingama-56 kwezingu-59 zaseScotland, okwenza kwaba yiqembu lesithathu ngobukhulu eWestminster. 