<prompt> Skene akabatana neLabour Party uye akamira asina kubudirira muKinross neWest Perthshire musarudzo huru dzaFebruary naOctober 1974, uye akashanda muScottish Executive yebato racho. Muna 1976, akanga ari muvambi weScottish Labour Party SLP, kupatsanuka kubva kuLabour Party. Akanyora pepa pamutemo wepasi kumaruwa webato, uye aive munyori wekuchamhembe Hongu kuScotland mushandirapamwe panguva ye1979 Scottish devolution referendamu  <response>: . Zvisinei, nguva pfupi referendamu isati yaitwa, akabatana neLiberal Party. Akasarudzwa kuPerth neKinross District Council semutongi akazvimirira weBlair Atholl neKinloch Rannoch muna 1980. 