<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - URifkind waqala ukuzimela ePhalamende, engaphumelelanga, ngo-1970 esifundeni sase-Edinburgh Central. Wangena ePhalamende okhethweni olujwayelekile lwangoFebhuwari 1974 emele i-Edinburgh Pentlands yeqembu laseScotland Conservative and Unionist Party. Ngesikhathi sokhetho lobuholi ngo-1975, wasekela u-Edward Heath emzuliswaneni wokuqala kodwa lapho uHeath ehoxa uRifkind wavotela uMargaret Thatcher. UThatcher, lapho eba umholi, wamisa uRifkind njengomkhulumeli weqembu eliphikisayo ezindabeni zaseScotland. Kamuva wasula kuleso sikhundla kanye noNgqongqoshe wase-Shadow Scottish, u-Alick Buchanan-Smith ephikisana nesinqumo seKhabhinethi ye-Shadow sokuvotela uMthethosivivinywa kaHulumeni weSishayamthetho saseScotland. URifkind wagomela ngokuthi, ngaleso sikhathi, iConservative Party yayisekela isimiso seSishayamthetho saseScotland, kwakuyoba ngcono ukuvotela Ukufundwa Kwesibili koMthethosivivinywa noma ukungavoti, nokuzama ukuthuthukisa uMthethosivivinywa. Ekubuyekezweni kweScotland okwalandela  <response>: U-Rifkind wavotela, kodwa wakhipha ukweseka kwakhe lapho umphumela wenhlolovo ubonisa iScotland ihlukaniswe cishe ngokulinganayo ngesiphakamiso. 