August 2020 Scottish Conservatives leadership election information
August 2020 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election
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5 August 2020
Candidate
Douglas Ross
Popular vote
Unopposed
Leader before election
Jackson Carlaw
Elected Leader
Douglas Ross
The August 2020 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election was the fifth internal party election to elect the next leader of the Scottish Conservatives, part of the British Conservative Party and the second-largest political party in the devolved Scottish Parliament.
Douglas Ross was announced as Leader on 5 August 2020 after running unopposed.[1]
^"Douglas Ross confirmed as Scottish Conservative leader". BBC News. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
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