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Scottish Conservatives

Centre-right unionist party at Holyrood; fell to 12 seats in 2026, losing all five constituency seats to the SNP.

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#914 May

Finished on 12 seats, smallest result since 1999, losing official opposition status

UK Local Elections 2026: Findlay co-opts his Scottish Tory rivals
#813 May
#76 May

Reform enters Holyrood on 17 MSPs

UK Local Elections 2026
#65 May

Projected smallest Holyrood party on 7 seats

UK Local Elections 2026: Mentioned in: SNP at 62, three short of 65
#414 Apr
ruled on
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#311 Apr

projected at 8% vote share, lowest at any Scottish election

UK Local Elections 2026: Second MRP confirms SNP majority path
#311 Apr
#311 Apr
dismissed scottish conservative nhs costings
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#28 Apr
dismissed get scotland working manifesto as unrealistic
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#17 Apr

Projected to fall to nine seats, displaced as main right-of-centre party

UK Local Elections 2026: Electoral Calculus projects first SNP majority since 2011
#27 Apr
Projected to overtake as official opposition bySLScottish Labour
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#27 Apr
Projected to gain all five conservative constituency seats bySNScottish National Party (SNP)
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#26 Apr
Analysed byECElectoral Calculus
projected zero constituency seats for
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#11 Mar

Projected to one seat

UK Local Elections 2026: YouGov MRP gives Plaid 43 seats, Labour 12