Historically, Scotland has struggled against internal turmoil as well as having struggled to maintain its autonomy. On that day Scottish voters were asked Do you want the provisions of the Scotland Act 1978 to be put into effect? The Scottish referendum of 1979 was a post-legislative referendum to decide whether there was sufficient support for the Scotland Act 1978 that was to create a deliberative assembly for Scotland. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-29243025 By 1979 the Scottish public was bored of the five-year struggle that had become the Scottish Home Rule campaign and which had culminated in the Referendum. The movement for a more independent Scotland had been around for some time. tical event. One useful example might be the 1979 referendum on Scottish Devolution. The Act required that for the Act not to be repealed at least 40% of the electorate would have to vote Yes in the referendum. Partly, that's owing to folk memories of the 1979 experience. Scotland’s devolution referendum in 1997 was not the first time the Scottish electorate had been asked to vote on the creation of a Scottish Parliament. On that day Scottish voters were asked "Do you want the provisions of the Scotland … The Union of 1707 was a political movement which brought economic prosperity to the elites and economic devastation to the working class of Scotland. 1979: A referendum on devolution is held, after the Scotland Act of 1978 is introduced, intended to establish a Scottish Assembly as a devolved legislature for Scotland. Continuing our collaboration with the University of Glasgow’s Vox Populi series, Christopher Harvie considers the impact of the devolution referendum in 1979 Right at the start of the post-war years in 1948 there was a two million strong petition for a Scottish Parliament and although the tide washed in and out on the issue the current never quite went away. When Labour first proposed a pre-legislative referendum on devolution, sections of its own Scottish support were dismayed and angry. tical event. Scottish Devolution Referendum 1979. What would a yes vote in the devolution referendum mean for Scotland and the United Kingdom? Politics. The 1979 Referendum did not fail because it was a poor bill, but rather because the political climate and devolution package were not accommodating. The Scottish referendum of 1979 was a post-legislative referendum to decide whether there was sufficient support for the Scotland Act 1978 among the Scottish electorate. The Scottish Devolution Referendum: Failure in 1979 and Success in 1997.