Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Skene ya shiga Jam'iyyar Labour kuma ya yi nasara 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 kan manufofin karkara don jam'iyyar, kuma shi ne sakataren kamfen na arewacin "Ee ga Scotland" a lokacin zaben raba gardama na Scotland na 1979
Ka yi haƙuri. 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.