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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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#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
Findlay refuses to quit Tory leadership
UK Local Elections 2026#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#5 24 Apr
Mentioned in: More in Common puts SNP short of majority
UK Local Elections 2026#5 21 Apr
Mentioned in: IFS rejects SNP, sweep hits six-of-six
UK Local Elections 2026#5 16 Apr
Mentioned in: Swinney bids for 2028 vote; Streeting refuses
UK Local Elections 2026#4 14 Apr
Mentioned in: IFS rejects Scottish Labour plan same day
UK Local Elections 2026#4 14 Apr
Mentioned in: IFS sweep: five of five Holyrood parties
UK Local Elections 2026#4 14 Apr
#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
IFS rejects every Scottish party's fiscal plan
UK Local Elections 2026#3 11 Apr
“dismissed scottish conservative nhs costings”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#2 9 Apr
Mentioned in: Holyrood Dissolves as 39 Serving MSPs Walk Out the Door
UK Local Elections 2026#2 8 Apr
IFS Demolishes Both Scottish Opposition Manifestos
UK Local Elections 2026#2 8 Apr
“dismissed get scotland working manifesto as unrealistic”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#2 7 Apr
Tories Projected to Hold Zero Scottish Constituency Seats
UK Local Elections 2026#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
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#2 7 Apr
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#2 7 Apr
“projected zero constituency seats for”
UK Local Elections 2026 · source event
#2 1 Apr
Wales Hardening Into Two Blocs, Researchers Find
UK Local Elections 2026#1 1 Mar
Projected to one seat
UK Local Elections 2026: YouGov MRP gives Plaid 43 seats, Labour 12#1 1 Feb
Reform took 2.7x Labour's Q4 donations as campaign began
UK Local Elections 2026#1 1 Oct