Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Amma sha'awarsa ta rayuwa a siyasa ita ce ganin kafa majalisar Scottish, kuma ta zauna a matsayin memba. Don haka lokacin da aka kafa majalisar dokokin Scotland ta hanyar kuri'ar raba gardama ta 1997
, ya sanar da cewa zai yi ritaya daga Westminster bayan wa'adi daya kawai a matsayin dan majalisa don tsayawa takara a sabuwar majalisar Scottish. Don haka an zabe shi a 1999, a matsayin MSP na Liberal Democrat don yankin Scotland ta Tsakiya (yana ritaya daga Westminster a Babban Zabe na gaba a 2001).