Russell Findlay was elected as the latest Scottish Tory leader on Saturday. He received 2,565 votes from the total Tory membership in Scotland of 6,941. Turnout was 60%.
The Tories are quite secretive about membership numbers but the 2020 figure is thought to have been 10,911. Figures in the House of Commons Library suggest that Scottish Tory membership numbers are typically 12% of the UK total which would put the current UK total at around 75,000. That is likely an understatement but possibly not a huge one
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