[6] Lazarowicz stood for the House of Commons, unsuccessfully, for Edinburgh Pentlands at the 1987 general election and again in 1992, but was defeated by Malcolm Rifkind on both occasions.

[10][11] He won the PRASEG Parliamentarian of the Year Award in 2006 for his work in promoting renewable energy.

In 2008, Lazarowicz lodged a further Private Member's Bill to restrict ship-to-ship oil transfers, with the aim of preventing spillages in the Firth of Forth.

[12] In response, the government introduced regulations to restrict such transfers in April 2010[13] which were then delayed,[14] but were brought into force in December 2010.

[17] Lazarowicz was defeated at the 2015 general election by the Scottish National Party's Deidre Brock.