She stood as a constituency candidate in the Perth constituency at the Scottish Parliament in 2007 and again in the newly established Perthshire South and Kinross-shire constituency in both 2011 and 2016, missing out by 1,422 votes in 2016.
As a parliamentary hopeful, she contested the Perth constituency at the Scottish Parliament in 2007 and subsequently the Perthshire South and Kinross-shire constituency in 2011 and 2016, falling short of victory by 1,422 votes in 2016.