<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Nakuba esebeyisishoshovu sabasebenzi iminyaka engamashumi amabili, uLamont wayengakaze afune ukhetho lweNdlu kaZwelonke ngaleso sikhathi, etshela ingxoxo ye-BBC ngo-2014 ukuthi kunamathuba ambalwa abesifazane abakhethwe eWestminster: Ngo-1987 abasebenzi bathumela phansi ama-MP angama-50 futhi munye kuphela wabo owayengowesifazane. Kunalokho, isinqumo sakhe sokufuna isikhundla sezombangazwe sathonywa ukusungulwa kwePhalamende laseScotland. Ekhuluma ne-The Herald ngo-2011, wathi, Kulula ukukhohlwa ukuthi kwakuyithuba elihle kangakanani kwabesifazane futhi ngangizimisele ukuthi abesifazane bazomelwa, babe nezwi elinamandla. IPhalamende lasungulwa njengomphumela we-  <response>: Ukuvota kuka-1997 kwabona amavoti angu-74 evuna ukunikezelwa kwamandla okushaya imithetho eScotland. ULamont wakhethwa okokuqala njengeLungu lePhalamende laseScotland i-MSP laseGlasgow Pollok ngo-1999. Wayebambe lesi sikhundla ngo-2003, lapho ebhekene nenselelo enamandla evela kumholi weScottish Socialist Party uTommy Sheridan, futhi waphinde futhi ngo-2007 nango-2011. 