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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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#18 22 Sept
#9 14 May

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

UK Local Elections 2026: Findlay co-opts his Scottish Tory rivals
#8 14 May
#7 7 May

Reform enters Holyrood on 17 MSPs

UK Local Elections 2026
#6 5 May

Projected smallest Holyrood party on 7 seats

UK Local Elections 2026: Mentioned in: SNP at 62, three short of 65
#4 14 Apr
“ruled on”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#3 11 Apr

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

UK Local Elections 2026: Second MRP confirms SNP majority path
#3 11 Apr
#3 11 Apr
“dismissed scottish conservative nhs costings”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#2 8 Apr
“dismissed get scotland working manifesto as unrealistic”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#1 7 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
#2 7 Apr
Projected to overtake as official opposition by←SLScottish Labour
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#2 7 Apr
Projected to gain all five conservative constituency seats by←SNScottish National Party (SNP)
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#2 7 Apr
Analysed by←ECElectoral Calculus
“projected zero constituency seats for”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#1 1 Mar

Projected to one seat

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