Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Rifkind buru ụzọ guzobe onwe ya maka nzuko omeiwu, n'enweghi ihe ịga nke ọma, na 1970 na mpaghara Edinburgh Central. Ọ banyere na nzuko omeiwu na ntuli aka nke February 1974 na-anọchite anya Edinburgh Pentlands maka Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. N'oge ntuli aka onye ndu na 1975, ọ kwadoro Edward Heath na agba nke mbụ mana mgbe Heath kwụsịrị Rifkind tụrụ vootu maka Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher, mgbe ọ ghọrọ onye ndu, họpụtara Rifkind onye na-ekwuchitere ndị mmegide na-ekwuchitere ndị Scotland. O mechara hapụ ọkwa ahụ (ya na Onye odeakwụkwọ Scottish Shadow, Alick Buchanan-Smith) na-eme ngagharị iwe na mkpebi nke Cabinet Shadow iji votu megide Iwu Gọọmentị maka Mgbakọ Scottish. Rifkind rụrụ ụka na, dịka, n'oge ahụ, ndị Conservative Party kwadoro ụkpụrụ nke Nzukọ Ndị Scotland, ọ gaara aka mma ma ọ bụ ịtụ vootu maka Ọgụgụ nke Abụọ nke Bill ma ọ bụ ịhapụ, ma gbalịa imeziwanye Bill ahụ. Na ntuliaka ndị ọzọ e mere maka ụlọomeiwu Scotland
, Rifkind tụrụ vootu na-akwado, mana wepụrụ nkwado ya mgbe nsonaazụ nke ntuli aka ahụ gosipụtara na Scotland fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ nkewa n'etiti atụmatụ ahụ.