The 2011 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election: Dilemmas for statewide parties in regional contexts

The 2011 Scottish Conservative leadership election presented the party with two radically different visions for the future. The Scottish Conservatives rejected Murdo Fraser's plan to create a new independent Scottish Party of the centre right and elected Ruth Davidson, who promised to reform th...

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