<prompt> Thewliss akafuridzirwa kuti apinde muSNP pazera remakore gumi nemanomwe zvichitevera 1997 Scottish devolution referendum  <response>: . Akanga achiri muduku zvikuru kuti avhotere murondedzero, asi akaita sarudzo yekubva panzvimbo yekuvhotera sechikamu chechirongwa cheZvidzidzo Zvazvino, izvo zvakamuunza kuonana nevamiriri vemapato ezvematongerwe enyika eScotland. Achiri mudzidzi, akabatanidzwa mukutsvaga kweSNP musarudzo dzeparamende yeScotland muna 2003. Mwedzi mishomanana gare gare, akawana basa somutsvakurudzi weBruce McFee MSP. Pakazosvika nguva McFee akanga asarudza kusatsvaka kusarudzwazve muna 2007, bato rakanga richitsvaka musarudzo dzomunharaunda. Thewliss akabvuma kumira paCalton ward musarudzo ya2007 yeGlasgow City Council iyo yakashandisa hurongwa hutsva hwemawadhi akawanda, uye aive mumwe wevanokwikwidza veSNP 19 vakawana zvigaro zvaimbove zvakabatwa nevamiriri veScottish Labour pasi pechirongwa chekare chemunhu mumwe chete. Akasarudzwazve muna 2012, asi akasiya chigaro chemakurukota mushure mekusarudzwa seMP yeGlasgow Central musarudzo dza2015. 