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In the 2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election, Murdo Fraser proposed splitting the Scottish Conservatives off from the UK-wide party. Fraser lost the election, but several MSPs including Jamie Greene, Liam Kerr and Liz Smith said that they were open to the idea in 2024.
The number of constituences in Scotland reduced from 59 to 57 at this election. The Labour Party's vote went up by 16.7% and their number of MPs increased from 1 to 37, mainly in Scotland's Central Belt. This was at the expense of the Scottish National Party (SNP), whose vote share dropped by 15% and their number of MPs reducing to single ...
The 2024 Scottish National Party leadership election took place to choose the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) following the resignation of Humza Yousaf on 29 April 2024, amid a government crisis. Nominations closed on 6 May, with John Swinney emerging as the only candidate and was subsequently elected unopposed as the party's new ...
This is the first time since 2010 that there are more Liberal Democrat MPs in Scotland than Conservatives, although the Conservatives had more votes. The Scottish Conservatives elected five MPs, losing Aberdeenshire North and Moray East which was a new seat being contested by outgoing MP and leader Douglas Ross. As in the previous election, the ...
Russell Findlay, Meghan Gallacher or Murdo Fraser will take the helm of the party.
August 2020 Scottish Conservatives leadership election; 2024 Scottish Conservatives leadership election This page was last edited on 29 September 2023, at 05:29 ...
The SNP has come out on top in Scotland in three general elections in a row but this time Labour is looking to make gains from John Swinney’s party. SNP electoral dominance in Scotland under ...
Scotland election results by percentage of popular vote, 1900–2019. ... 2015 Map. At the 2015 election the SNP won a majority of Scottish seats for the first time ...