Whatever Happened to Tory Scotland? by David Torrance
AUTHOR APROVED A fresh study of the Scottish Conservative Party's heritage, personalities, ideologies and electoral performance The Scottish Conservative Party has played a significant role in the politics of Scotland during the last century. This collection brings together academics, writers, commentators and analysts of Scottish politics to address the nature of the Scottish Conservative Party; its standing in Scotland, influence on the Union and role in the Scottish Parliament. Readers will gain an understanding of a party which governed Scotland and the UK for much of the twentieth century, and also read new insights into why that party's support declined so dramatically from a majority of votes and seats at the 1955 general election to just a single constituency and 17 per cent of the vote in May 2010. Key Features This is the first single-volume work looking at the history and ideas of the Scottish Conservative Party David Torrance is a journalist and author who has reported on, and written widely about, the Scottish and UK Conservative parties and who has a unique insight into their organisation, history and thinking Includes contributions from leading academics and political commentators including John Curtice, Richard Finlay, Alvin Jackson, Colin Kidd, James Mitchell and Alex Massie David Torrance is a writer, journalist and broadcaster. He has written widely on Scottish politics, including books on various aspects of Scottish Conservatism and an unauthorised biography of the SNP leader and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond.
David Torrance is a constitutional specialist at the House of Commons Library. He is also the author or editor of more than 20 books on Scottish politics, history and biography, including five with EUP. He completed a PhD in history and political science at the University of the West of Scotland in 2017. His most recent book was The Wild Men: The Remarkable Story of Britain’s First Labour Government (Bloomsbury Continuum, 2024).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780748646869 |
| ISBN 10 | 0748646868 |
| Title | Whatever Happened to Tory Scotland? |
| Author | David Torrance |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
| Year published | 2012-10-31 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
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