Opposition to devolution in the United Kingdom

Opposition to devolution in the United Kingdom has taken different forms over time. Historically, anti-devolution sentiment was stronger in both major parties of the United Kingdom, the Conservative Party and the Labour Party, but after 1999 with the founding of the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd (Welsh Parliament), and the Northern Ireland Assembly, support for devolution has become dominant with anti-devolution parties being relatively minor. In the 1970s, plans for devolution failed until elections to new legislatures in 1999.

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