Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ƙarshen 1970s Fergusson ya zama mai aiki a cikin siyasa na Conservative. A matsayinsa na mai adawa da rarrabawa, ya yi magana a taron yana kokarin shawo kan 'yan ra'ayin mazan jiya su yi adawa da Majalisar Scottish; bayan wannan yakin ya yi nasara, ya kasance memba na yakin "Scotland ya ce A'a" don raba gardama
Ka yi haƙuri. A zaben 1979 zuwa Majalisar Turai, Fergusson ya yi yaƙi da mazabar Strathclyde West, wanda ya zama kamar mai aminci ne ga Labour; duk da haka, rushewar kuri'un Labour ya ga an zabe shi da kuri'u 1,827.