A Scottish Conservative spokesperson said the party is “focussed on reaching out to voters who are disillusioned with all parties and all politicians”.

Five former Scottish Conservative councillors have already defected to Reform – one in Glasgow, two in Aberdeenshire and two in North Ayrshire.

Tice, the MP for Boston and Skegness, said: “We’re going up in the polls, I think you’re going to see us by the summer around 20%.”

He also claimed that Reform “almost” have more members in Scotland than the Labour Party. In 2021, Labour had about 16,000 members in Scotland. Reform says their current membership in Scotland is about 9,300.

Tice said: “I think that’s the reason why John Swinney and the Labour Party, Anas Sarwar, are terrified.”

Tice added they intend to field candidates in every seat during next year’s Scottish parliament elections, campaigning with Scotland specific policies, in an attempt to secure the party’s first seat in Holyrood.