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 an elected official, she represented the Perth constituency at the Scottish Parliament in 2007 and later the Perthshire South and Kinross-shire constituency in both 2011 and 2016, narrowly losing re-election by 1,422 votes in 2016.