Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Kodayake wani dan gwagwarmayar Labour na tsawon shekaru biyu, Lamont bai nemi zabe zuwa Majalisar Dokoki ba a wannan lokacin, yana cewa a cikin hira da BBC a shekarar 2014 akwai 'yan damar da za a zabi mata a Westminster: "A shekarar 1987 Labour ta tura' yan majalisa 50 kuma daya daga cikinsu mace ce". Maimakon haka, shawarar da ta yanke na neman mukamin siyasa ta samu tasiri ne daga kafa majalisar dokokin Scotland. Da take magana da "The Herald" a cikin 2011, ta ce, "Yana da sauƙi a manta da irin babbar dama ce ga mata kuma na ƙudura cewa za a wakilci mata, za su sami ƙarfi". An kafa majalisar ne sakamakon
1997 raba gardama wanda ya ga kashi 74% na kuri'un da suka goyi bayan ba da ikon zartarwa ga Scotland. An fara zabar Lamont a matsayin Memba na Majalisar Scottish (MSP) don Glasgow Pollok a cikin 1999. Ta rike kujerar a 2003, lokacin da ta fuskanci kalubale mai karfi daga shugaban jam'iyyar Scottish Socialist Party Tommy Sheridan, sannan kuma a 2007 da 2011.