"An old-school traditional Scottish Tory, in best sense of that description, Liz Smith may not have been flamboyant or headline grabbing, but served party and parliament with dedication and ...

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A senior Tory MSP who has been at Holyrood since 2007 will not seek re-election next year. A frontbench Scottish Tory MSP has announced she will not seek re-election to the Scottish Parliament ...

One of the Scottish Conservative's best known MSPs is to stand down from Holyrood at next year's election. Liz Smith, who has represented Mid Scotland and Fife since 2007, announced her decision ...