Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Skene ya shiga Jam'iyyar Labour kuma ya tsaya ba tare da nasara ba a Kinross da West Perthshire a duka Fabrairu da Oktoba 1974 babban zaɓe, kuma ya yi aiki a cikin Scottish Executive na jam'iyyar. A cikin 1976, ya kasance mai kafa Jam'iyyar Labour ta Scottish (SLP), wanda ya rabu da Jam'iyyar Labour. Ya rubuta wata takarda game da manufofin yankunan karkara na jam'iyyar, kuma shi ne sakataren yakin neman arewacin "Ee ga Scotland" a lokacin yakin basasa na Scotland.
Zaɓen raba gardama na Scotland a shekara ta 1979. Koyaya, jim kaɗan kafin raba gardama, ya shiga Jam'iyyar Liberal. An zabe shi zuwa Perth da kuma Kinross District Council a matsayin mai ba da shawara mai zaman kanta ga Blair Atholl da Kinloch Rannoch a shekarar 1980.