Munro was alleged to have given up the offer of a 'safe' Labour seat in Central Scotland as he had already agreed and been adopted as a candidate to contest his own native Highland constituency, coming close to winning this hitherto safe Liberal Democrat seat in the 1999 Scottish election.
Munro skulle angiveligt være blevet tilbudt et "sikkert" Labour-mandat i det centrale Skotland, da han allerede var blevet accepteret som kandidat i sit eget område i højlandet, hvor han var tæt på at vinde et sæde for Liberal Democrats ved valget i 1999.