The former journalist defeated colleagues Murdo Fraser and Meghan Gallacher to take the party's top job.
Russell Findlay and rival candidate Meghan Gallacher and Murdo Fraser shook hands after the result was announcedThe former journalist defeated his Scottish Parliament colleagues Murdo Fraser and Meghan Gallacher.He has promised to make the Conservatives "reconnect" with what he calls their "traditional values of enterprise, self-reliance, fiscal responsibility and the rule of law".Findlay received 2,565 votes, Fraser 1,187 and Gallacher 403.
He will then need to head to the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, where he will undertake a number of engagements.SNP MSP Kevin Stewart said "the face of Tory politics in Scotland" may now have changed, but accused Russell Findlay of having no "desire to stand up for Scotland’s interests".
"The Tories still owe Scots an apology for gambling with families' savings, crashing the economy and sending bills soaring while putting party before country."The leadership election was triggered when Douglas Ross announced he was standing down as leader following his decision to contest the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East seat at Westminster, replacing former MP David Duguid, who was recovering from a spinal stroke.
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