<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Wazalelwa eGlasgow, uDewar wafunda umlando, futhi kamuva waba isazi sezomthetho, eNyuvesi yaseGlasgow. Ngaphambi kokungena kwezepolitiki, wasebenza njengoMmeli eGlasgow. Lapho eneminyaka engu-28 ubudala, wakhethwa ukuba abe yilungu leNdlu kaZwelonke yaseBrithani, emele i-Aberdeen South kusukela ngo-1966 kuya ku-1970. Ngemva kokulahlekelwa isikhundla sakhe, wabuyela emkhakheni wezomthetho futhi waze wabamba uhlelo lwakhe lwangasese lwangoLwesihlanu kusihlwa kuRadio Clyde. UDewar waphinde wakhethwa ngo-1978 okhethweni lwaseGlasgow Garscadden futhi wakhonza njenge-MP waze washona ngo-2000. Ngemuva kokunqoba kweLabour ngo-1997, waqokwa njengoNobhala Wombuso waseScotland nguNdunankulu uTony Blair. NjengoNobhala waseScotland, wayengummeli wokunikezelwa kweScotland, futhi wenza umkhankaso wokusekela iPhalamende laseScotland kwinhlolovo yaseScotland ka-1997  <response>: . futhi. Ngemuva komkhankaso ophumelelayo, uDewar wasebenza ekwakheni iScotland Act 1998. 