Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A siyasance, Salmond na ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu goyon bayan 'yancin kan Scotland, yana ta kira a kai a kai don a gudanar da kuri'ar raba gardama a kan batun. Salmond ya yi kamfen kan dumamar yanayi kuma a cikin gwamnati ya yi alkawarin Scotland ga dokar rage fitar da hayaki da samar da makamashi mai sabuntawa. Ranar bayan da
A zaben raba gardama na 'yancin kai na 2014, wanda mafi yawan masu jefa kuri'a na Scotland suka yi watsi da' yancin kai daga Burtaniya, Salmond ya ba da sanarwar niyyarsa ba za ta sake tsayawa takara a matsayin shugaban jam'iyyar SNP a taron kasa na SNP a watan Nuwamba ba, kuma ya yi murabus a matsayin Firayim Minista daga baya. Mataimakinsa, Nicola Sturgeon, wanda shine dan takarar da ya tsaya a zaben shugabancin, ya gaje shi a matsayin shugaban SNP. Ya gabatar da murabus a matsayin Firayim Minista a ranar 18 ga Nuwamba, kuma Sturgeon ya gaje shi washegari.