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4 unusual facts about Scottish Conservative Party


Gilmour baronets

The Gilmour Baronetcy, of Lundin and Montrave in the Parishes of Largo and Scoonie in the County of Fife, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 1 September 1897 for John Gilmour, Chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.

Scottish Conservative Party

A committee was then established to analyse the situation, headed by Lord Sanderson, with Lord Forsyth also contributing.

The replacement of Margaret Thatcher with John Major did see a very small increase in their vote in the 1992 election when they campaigned on a "Save the Union" ticket against a resurgent SNP and took back the Aberdeen South seat.

Between 2007 and November 2012, the party logo was a sketched outline of a Banyan (or Indian Fig) Tree - said to trumpet the party's green credentials and modern approach to multiculturalism.



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