Overview

• Gallacher aims to build a 'modern, centre-right party' with a focus on low taxes and property ownership.
• Findlay and Whittle have also declared their candidacies, with Findlay seen as the frontrunner.
• Candidates must secure 100 nominations from party members to get on the ballot.
• The election will use a preferential voting system, with rounds of elimination until a candidate secures over 50% of the vote.
• The UK Conservative Party is also conducting a leadership contest, with the winner to be announced in November.