Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Portillo ya koma aikin ba da shawara ga gwamnati, kuma, a watan Disamba na 1984, ya tsaya kuma ya lashe zaben Enfield Southgate, bayan kisan gillar mai suna Sir Anthony Berry a cikin bam din Grand Hotel, Brighton
ta hanyar IRA. Da farko, ya kasance Sakatare mai zaman kansa na Majalisar Dokoki ga John Moore, sannan kuma mataimakin whip.