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He was a member of Berwickshire District Council from 1974 – 78, and of the Borders NHS Health Board 1975-78.

One of his Home forebears was a Member of the ( original ) Parliament of Scotland, for Berwickshire, in 1707 who opposed the Act of Union.

As a delegate to the Labour Party Conference in 1976, Home-Robertson moved the resolution which committed the Party to devolution for Scotland, and throughout his career at Westminster he campaigned for the establishment of the Scottish Parliament.

Home-Robertson was the successful Labour candidate at the Berwick and East Lothian by-election in 1978, following the death of Labour MP John P Mackintosh.

He represented Berwick and East Lothian until the 1983 general election, when the constituency was abolished and he was elected for the new constituency of East Lothian.

He was re-elected at subsequent general elections before standing down at the 2001 election, when he was replaced by Anne Picking.