Who is Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross?

Mr Ross has confessed that he used to be a member of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, external and gave the party his first vote.

But as a Conservative, he has represented his local area since 2007, when he was first elected to Moray Council.

He stood for the Conservatives in a series of elections for Westminster and Holyrood, eventually becoming an MSP via the Highlands and Islands regional list in 2016.

But he left Holyrood to become an MP the following year, taking the Moray constituency from the SNP’s deputy leader Angus Robertson in the general election.

In August 2020, he became leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.

He returned to Holyrood the following year in the Scottish Parliament election.

The same year, he said he would step down as an MP at the next general election, with his former Moray constituency broken up under boundary changes anyway.

During the current election campaign, he announced he would step down after polling day.

It came after he was controversially selected to stand for the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East seat instead of David Duguid, who has been ill and was effectively de-selected.