The August 2020 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election was the fifth internal party election to elect the next leader of the Scottish Conservatives, part of the British Conservative Party and the second-largest political party in the devolved Scottish Parliament.

The Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party is part of the Conservative Party (UK) active in Scotland. It is a centre-right to right-wing, conservative political party. The party's policies in Scotland usually promote conservatism and the continuing of Scotland as constituent country of the United Kingdom. It holds 7 of the 59 Scottish seats in the House of Commons, 31 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament, and comprises 209 of Scotland's 1,227 local councillors.