Scottish Conservative Party

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Pàrtaidh Tòraidheachd na h-Alba Scots Conservative an Unionist Pairty Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Party leader	Douglas Ross
founding	1965
Headquarters	67 Northumberland Street Edinburgh, EH3 6JG Scotland
Youth organization	Conservative Future Scotland
Alignment	Conservatism , Economic Liberalism , Scottish Unionism
Colours)	blue
British House of Commons	6/650
Scottish Parliament	31/129
Local government in Scotland	276/1227
Number of members	11,000
International connections	International Democratic Union
Website	www.scottishconservatives.com

The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party ( schott. Gael. Pàrtaidh Tòraidheachd na h-Alba , Scots Scots Conservative Unionist Pairty , dt. About Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party ), short Scottish Conservative Party or colloquially called Scottish Tories, a sub-organization is the British Conservative Party in Scotland . The Scottish Conservative Party is the second largest party in Scotland and has had 31 seats in the Scottish Parliament since 2016 .

History and present

The modern Scottish Conservative Party was founded in 1965 when the Unionist Party in Scotland merged with the Conservative Party of England and Wales. The Unionist Party, like the Conservative and Unionist Party in England and Wales, was formed in 1912 through the merger of the Conservative and Liberal Unionists . The Unionist Party was organized in Scotland, while the Conservative and Unionist Party was active in England and Wales. She was the dominant force in Scottish politics from the 1930s to the late 1950s. In Westminster Parliament, both parties worked closely together and formed a community of factions. Through the merger, the Unionist Party, which had previously been formally an independent Scottish regional party, became a regional part of an all-British party, which had its headquarters in London.

The Unionist Party won the largest number of seats in Scotland and a majority of Scottish votes in the 1955 election - the first time since universal suffrage was introduced. In the 1959 election , the Unionist Party again won the most votes in Scotland, but not a majority, and due to the unrepresentative nature of the first-past-the-post electoral system, it got fewer seats than the Labor Party. The Labor Party then dominated Scottish politics for the second half of the 20th century.

In the 1997 general election , the Scottish Conservative Party lost all MPs (1992: 11 seats) in Scottish constituencies, despite 17.5% (1992: 25.8%) of the vote. The party won a single Scottish MP in the 2001 , 2005 , 2010 and 2015 general election, 13 seats in the 2017 election and 6 seats in the 2019 election . After the establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, the Scottish Conservative Party came third in the Scottish general election. In the 2016 election, the party took second place in the Scottish Parliament. The party has one of the six Scottish seats in the European Parliament. In 2012 the Scottish Conservative Party had 11,000 members. As of May 2016, the party has been the second largest in the Scottish Parliament, after winning 16 seats in the Scottish general election. It currently occupies 31 of the 129 seats, 24 of which were won as constituency mandates.

Party leader

• David McLetchie (May 6, 1999 - October 31, 2005)
• Annabel Goldie (October 31, 2005 - November 4, 2011)
• Ruth Davidson (November 4, 2011 - August 29, 2019)
• Jackson Carlaw (February 14, 2020 - July 30, 2020)
• Douglas Ross (since August 5, 2020)

Election results

Conservative vote in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election

Percentage results and total seats refer to Scotland. General elections were carried out consistently according to majority voting , elections to the Scottish Parliament and, from 1999, also elections to the European Parliament according to proportional representation .

year	choice	Share of votes	Seats
1935	General election 1935	48.7%	35/72
1945	General election 1945	41.8%	30/72
1950	General election 1950	44.8%	31/70
1951	General election 1951	48.6%	35/72
1955	General election 1955	50.1%	36/72
1959	General election 1959	47.3%	31/72
1964	General election 1964	40.6%	24/72
1966	General election 1966	37.7%	20/72
1970	General election 1970	38.0%	23/72
1974	General election Feb. 1974	32.9%	21/72
1974	General election Oct. 1974	24.7%	16/72
1979	General election 1979	31.4%	22/72
1979	European elections 1979	33.7%	5/8
1983	General election 1983	28.4%	21/72
1984	European elections in 1984	25.8%	2/8
1987	General election 1987	24.0%	10/72
1989	European elections 1989	20.9%	0/8
1992	General election 1992	25.8%	11/72
1994	European elections in 1994	14.5%	0/8
1997	General election 1997	17.5%	0/72
1999	General election in Scotland 1999	15.6%	18/129
1999	European elections 1999	19.8%	2/8
2001	General election 2001	15.6%	1/72
2003	General election in Scotland 2003	16.6%	18/129
2004	2004 European elections	17.8%	2/7
2005	General election 2005	15.8%	1/59
2007	General election in Scotland 2007	16.6%	17/129
2009	European elections 2009	16.8%	1/6
2010	General election 2010	16.7%	1/59
2011	General election in Scotland 2011	13.9%	15/129
2014	European elections 2014	17.2%	1/6
2015	General election 2015	14.9%	1/59
2016	General election in Scotland 2016	22.0%	31/129
2017	General election 2017	28.6%	13/59
2019	European elections 2019	11.6%	1/6
2019	General election 2019	25.1%	6/59

Web links

• Scottish Conservative Party website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Current State of the Parties. Retrieved May 17, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Ruth Davidson quits as Scottish Conservative leader , BBC News, August 29, 2019, accessed August 29, 2019
3. ↑ Jackson Carlaw quits as Scottish Conservative leader , BBC News, July 30, 2020, accessed July 30, 2020
4. ↑ Douglas Ross confirmed as Scottish Conservative leader , BBC News August 5, 2020, accessed August 5, 2020