<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kunyange zvazvo mushandi wevashandi kwemakore makumi maviri, Lamont akanga asina kutsvaka kusarudzwa kuImba yeVashandi munguva iyoyo, achitaura muhurukuro yeBBC ya2014 pakanga pane mikana mishoma yokuti vakadzi vasarudzwe kuWestminster: Muna 1987 vashandi vakatumira 50 MPs uye mumwe chete wavo akanga ari mukadzi. Panzvimbo pezvo, chisarudzo chake chokutsvaka chinzvimbo chezvematongerwe enyika chakapesvedzerwa nokusikwa kweScottish Parliament. Achitaura neThe Herald muna 2011, akati, Zviri nyore kukanganwa kuti uyu waiva mukana wakazonaka kuvakadzi uye ndakanga ndakatsunga kuti vakadzi vaizomiririrwa, vaizova nezwi rakasimba. Paramende yakagadzwa somugumisiro we  <response>: Referendum ya1997 yakaona 74 yevhoti ichitsigira kupa masimba emutemo kuScotland. Lamont akatanga kusarudzwa senhengo yeparamende yeScotland MSP yeGlasgow Pollok muna 1999. Akabata chigaro muna 2003, paakatarisana nedambudziko rakasimba kubva kumutungamiri weScottish Socialist Party Tommy Sheridan, uyezve muna 2007 na2011. 