Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson is in Inverurie today as the Tories turn their attention to Alex Salmond’s Gordon constituency.
Former SNP leader Mr Salmond comfortably took the north-east seat in 2015 winning nearly 50% of the vote.
But after impressive local election results in Aberdeenshire, Tory chiefs are now turning their attention to the seat fielding Colin Clark as their candidate.
Mr Clark achieved just 11% of the vote in 2015 behind the Liberal Democrat Christine Jardine on 32.7%.
But Ms Davidson said the strong showing at the polls made more seats Tory targets.
She said: “This week’s local government election has shown we are the only party in Scotland with the strength to fight back against the SNP – in every part of Scotland.
“We won the local government election is Gordon this week, beating the SNP into second place. It means that in this seat, as in many others, it is a two horse race between us and the Nationalists.
“As is the case right across Scotland, the choice in Gordon is clear.
“It’s between a Scottish National Party that will to take us back to more division and instability, and a Scottish Conservative party that will fight against another referendum so we can all move on together.”
