<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokushintsha kukahulumeni okhethweni lwangoFebhuwari 1974, uhulumeni omusha weLabour washicilela incwadi emhlophe esekelwe embikweni wokugcina ngoSepthemba 1974. Le ncwadi emhlophe yaholela ngokuqondile eMthethweni waseScotland naseWales owawungaphumelelanga, owahoxiswa ngoFebhuwari 1977. Imithetho emibili ehlukene yamukelwa ngonyaka olandelayo: iScotland Act 1978 kanye neWales Act 1978. Izimiso zale mithetho ngeke ziqale ukusebenza ngaphandle kokuba zamukelwe ngezinhlolovo, futhi ngenxa yalokho iScotland  <response>: Ukudluliselwa kwamandla okhethweni kwezwe laseScotland nelaseWales kwaqhutshwa ngo-March 1, 1979. Umkhandlu waseWales wenqatshwa iningi labavoti, kuyilapho ukunikezelwa kwamandla eScotland kwasekelwa ama-51.6 alabo abavotayo, noma ama-32.9 alabo ababhalisile. Isichibiyelo soMthetho waseScotland, esethulwe yi-backbencher kahulumeni uGeorge Cunningham, sasichaze ukuthi kufanele sisekelwe yi-40 yabo bonke abavoti, futhi inhlolovo yalahleka. Imiphumela yezinhlolovo yaholela ekuhoxisweni kweMithetho ehlobene nayo ngoMashi 1979. Ivoti lokungamethembi laphinde lalahleka nguhulumeni ngomhlaka-28 Mashi lapho iScottish National Party ivota namaConservatives, amaLiberals kanye ne-Ulster Unionist Party, okwaholela okhethweni jikelele lwango-1979 kanye nokuqala kweminyaka engu-18 yokubusa kwamaConservative. 