Advocate Donald Cameron takes charge of election policy for Scottish Tories

Advocate Donald Cameron has been put in charge of election policy for the Scottish Conservatives, The Herald reports.

Mr Cameron, 40, a member of Westwater Advocates, has been named the party’s new “chief policy coordinator” following a reshuffle after three Tory MSPs relinquished their Holyrood seats to stand for Westminster ones.

Party leader Ruth Davidson said Mr Cameron would help develop policy with her shadow cabinet ahead of the 2021 elections.

Mr Cameron was elected to the Scottish Parliament last year. He is the son of the chief of Clan Cameron and is one of the richest people at Holyrood. He owns Achnacarry Estate near Fort William, valued at around £6.5 million.

He said that in 2015/16 its net income, after balancing costs and losses was zero.

The advocate also has a £700,000 shareholding in a renewable energy company and is non-executive director of two financial funds in Edinburgh — Murray Income Trust plc and Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc. They pay him up to £25,000 for attending five half-day board meetings annually.

He said: “We will produce a manifesto that draws on a wide range of expertise in all policy areas, proposing our vision for Scotland, and confirming us as a government-in-waiting.”