Ka kammala wannan magana: Amma sha'awarsa ta rayuwa a siyasa ita ce ganin kafa majalisar Scottish, kuma ta zauna a matsayin memba. Don haka lokacin da majalisar Scottish ta kafa ta
zaben raba gardama na shekarar 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 dokokin Scotland. 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).