Na auai Skene i le Labour Party ma sa lē taulau i le palota i Kinross ma West Perthshire i le palota aoao ia Fepuari ma Oketopa 1974, ma sa galue ai i le Scottish Executive a le pati. I le 1976, o ia o se tasi na faavaeina le Scottish Labour Party (SLP), o se vaeluaina mai le Labour Party. Na ia tusia se pepa e uiga i faiga faavae o fanua i nuu i tua mo le pati, ma sa avea o ia ma failautusi o le Northern "Yes for Scotland" campaign i le taimi o le 1979 Scottish devolution referendum
. Peitaʻi, a o leʻi faia le palota, na auai o ia i le Liberal Party. Na filifilia o ia i le Perth ma Kinross District Council o le Independent councillor mo Blair Atholl ma Kinloch Rannoch i le 1980.