 ODonnell akataura kusagutsikana kwake nechisarudzo chekuita referendamu pamusoro pekuti Alternative Voteinofanira kutsiva yechinyakare yekutanga-kupfuura-iyo-positi yesarudzo dzeWestminster pazuva rimwe chetero nesarudzo dzeparamende yeScotland. Akanyunyutawo kuti boka reScottish Lib Dem rakatsigira zvisizvo mutemo wakanga warongwa neSNP pamusoro pemitengo shoma yechinwiwa chinodhaka, panzvimbo pemitemo. Muna 2010, mutemo uyu wakakundikana kuwana rutsigiro rwakakwana muparamende kuti ufambire mberi, pasinei nerutsigiro kubva kumapoka ezvokurapa, utano, mapurisa uye mapoka anotsigira vanyajambwa. Akanyora kuti: Ndakarwisa utungamiriri sezvandaigona, asi ndaneta zvikuru kuti ndirambe ndichiita kudaro... Iri harisi bato rimwe chetero randakabatana naro, rizere nechido, makore ose iwayo apfuura... Handichagonizve kuva rutivi rwekudzora kwakashata,mufananidzo ndiwo chinhu chiri chose chimiro, uye chimiro choudzvinyiriri chokuita zvinhu... Ibato randisingachadi kuva rutivi rwaro uyewo havafaniri kudaro vamwe vaLiberals vane nheyo. 