The Tory group leader on Glasgow City Council has joined Nigel Farage's party.

Oliver Mundell has told local party members that he will stand down as the MSP for Dumfriesshire at next year’s Holyrood ...

The Scottish Conservative group leader on Glasgow City Council has defected to Reform UK. Thomas Kerr, who represents the Shettleston ward, was first elected as a 20-year-old in 2017 and became ...

The leader of the Scottish Conservatives has said he “can’t control” people defecting to Reform UK after his most senior councillor in the country’s largest local authority joined Nigel ...

the leader of the Scottish Conservatives has said. Russell Findlay warned against "being tempted by what amounts to a protest vote" as he addressed activists in Edinburgh. He insisted only the ...

Of course, it is not just from the Conservatives that Reform is drawing votes. As we have seen in recent local government by-elections in Scotland, Reform is actually polling better in more ...

The Scottish Conservative leader was speaking after Thomas Kerr, the leader of the Tories at Glasgow City Council, defected to Nigel Farage’s party. Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay ...

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At the start of the year though, the Scottish Conservatives were enjoying a spell of leading the charge against the SNP. Thanks to the SNP finance scandal, the resignation of Michael Matheson and ...

Russell Findlay said he was ‘disappointed’ by Thomas Kerr’s defection to Reform UK (Jane Barlow/PA) Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay has said he “can’t control” people ...