Career
Kidd was the Scottish National Party candidate at the 1987 general election at Glasgow Hillhead. He stood for the group at the Glasgow Central by-election, 1989, but later rejoined the Scottish National Party. He stood again for the Scottish National Party at Cunninghame South in the 2001 general election. At the 2003 and 2007 Scottish Parliament elections, he was the Scottish National Party candidate for Glasgow Anniesland, finishing second on both occasions.
He is a past Convenor of the Scottish National Party"s Glasgow Regional Association.
He was elected at the 2007 election as a list Managing Successful Programmes for the Glasgow region. The next day he was also elected as a Councillor for the Drumchapel/Anniesland ward of Glasgow City Council.
In 2009 he decided to concentrate on his Holyrood role and stood down as a Glasgow City councillor. In 2011 he was elected Managing Successful Programmes for Glasgow Anniesland, beating the Labour candidate by 7 votes.