Surprise victories in
Scotland helped save the Conservative Party in the 2017
election but Britain's Prime Minister
Boris Johnson is in danger of losing those gains next week, forcing him to look elsewhere for a parliamentary majority.
"This time is going to be very, very tight," Stephen Kerr, the Conservative MP for the Stirling constituency, in central Scotland, told AFP.
The Tories snatched the seat from the Scottish National Party in 2017, with a majority of just 148.