Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I tu a Lamont mo te kaiarahi o te Scottish Labour whai muri i te wehenga o Iain Gray i muri i te hinganga o te roopu i te pooti Paremata o 2011; tona hinganga tuarua i muri mai. Whai muri i te arotake me pehea te hanganga o te Rōpū Mahi i Scotland, ko ia te kaiarahi tuatahi. I kii ia kua ngaro te pooti a Labour i te tau 2011 na te mea kua ngaro te aronga, ana ka tiimata te arotake i nga kaupapa here a Scottish Labour mo nga take penei i te whakakorenga me te pono o te roopu ki nga ratonga a te iwi whanui koreutu. Whai muri i te whakapuakitanga a te Kāwanatanga SNP mo te pooti pooti mo te motuhake o Scotland
, he tangata nui ia i roto i te kaupapa Better Together; he nekehanga whakawhiti-rōpū e whai ana kia noho tonu a Scotland i roto i te United Kingdom. I whakarerea e ia te kaiarahi o te Scottish Labour i te Oketopa 2014, i kii ia i roto i te uiui a "Daily Record" i kii ai ia ko nga taangata rangatira o te UK Labour Party i whakaheke i ana ngana ki te whakarereke i te roopu Scottish, me te atawhai i a ia "penei i te tari tari o Ranana". Whai muri i te kowhiringa rangatira hei whakakapi i a ia, i whai mana ia i te Tihema 2014 na te Hekeretari o mua mo Scotland a Jim Murphy.