<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UCunningham wayemelene ngokuqinile nokuhlukaniswa kwamandla kweScotland. Ngokwesikhuthazo sakhe, iNdlu kaZwelonke yamukela isichibiyelo soMthetho waseScotland ka-1978 owawuthi iningi elivotela yebo  <response>: Ukuvota kuka-1979 kokumiswa koMkhandlu onikezwe amandla kwakuzodinga okungenani amaphesenti angu-40 abavoti baseScotland, ngaphandle kwalokho isiphakamiso sasingase sihoxiswe futhi uMthetho uhoxiswe ngethuluzi elisemthethweni. Nakuba u-yes athola iningi lalabo abavotela inhlolovo, njengoba u-yes akha amaphesenti angu-32.9 kuphela abavoti, uhulumeni wezabasebenzi wanquma ukuthi ngeke aqhubeke nokudluliswa kwamandla. Lokhu kwashukumisela iScottish National Party ukuba iyeke ukusekela uhulumeni weqembu elincane. Khona-ke iqembu eliphikisayo lamaConservative lafaka isimemezelo sokungamethembi uhulumeni, lapho uhulumeni wanqotshwa khona ngevoti elilodwa. Iqembu lamaConservative, elaliphikisana nokudluliselwa kwamandla, lanqoba okhethweni olwalulandela; uMthetho waseScotland wasuswa ngoJuni 1979. 