Scottish Conservatives
Year Share of votes Seats
1979 33.7% 5 / 8
1984 25.8% 2 / 8
1989 20.9% 1 / 8
1994 14.5% 0 / 8
1999 19.8% 2 / 8
2004 17.8% 2 / 7
2009 16.8% 1 / 6
2014 17.2% 1 / 6
2019 11.6% 1 / 6
Electoral performance -- European Parliament elections
The Conservative Party in Scotland (), officially the Conservative and Unionist Party in Scotland, is the part of the 
Conservative Party in the United Kingdom that operates in Scotland. It is Scotland's centre-right political party and the second-largest party in the Scottish Parliament and Scottish local government. The party has the second largest number of Scottish MPs in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The Acting Leader of the Conservative Party in Scotland is Jackson Carlaw. He replaced Ruth Davidson MSP, who held the post from 2011 to 2019. In the 2017 UK general election, the party increased its number of MPs to 13 on 28.6 per cent of the popular vote - its best performance since 1983 and in terms of votes since 1979. In the 2016 election for the Scottish Parliament the Scottish Conservatives gained 16 seats making it the largest opposition party, with 31 of 129 seats. It also holds one of six seats for the Scotland constituency of the European Parliament.