REFORM UK have announced another Scottish Tory councillor has defected to the party.
Councillor Gavin Ellis, who represents Dunfermline North in Fife, has joined Nigel Farage's party.
He becomes the party's 18th councillor in Scotland.
It comes after former Tory MSP Graham Simpson defected to Reform UK last month.
Ellis said: "It's clear to me that to do my best for the residents of Dunfermline North I need to be free to put them before party politics.
"For that to happen, Fife council and it's politics needs reformed. It shouldn't matter what party a Councillor belongs to, it should matter that they have the ability to make the difference to constituents' lives."
Ellis becomes the second councillor in Fife for Reform UK alongside Julie MacDougall.
The party now has councillors in Fife, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, North Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, Glasgow, and South Lanarkshire.
Reform UK councillor Thomas Kerr said: "I'm beyond delighted to welcome someone with Gavin's experience and knowledge into Reform UK. He joins our ever-growing ranks of local champions who are embedded in their local communities and he will join the formidable Councillor Julie MacDougall on the benches in Fife Council."
Simpson became the sole Reform MSP in the Scottish Parliament at the end of August, having represented the Tories at Holyrood since 2016.
Polling from More in Common last week showed Reform and Scottish Labour neck-and-neck in how Scots intend to vote at Holyrood next year.
The survey of 1104 Scots voters put the SNP on 37% of the Holyrood constituency vote, compared to Labour on 17% and Reform on 16%. The Tories and LibDems were tied on 12%, while the Greens polled at 5%
On the Holyrood regional list vote, the SNP were again out in front on 32%. Reform and Labour both polled at 16%, while the LibDems took 14% and the Tories 12%. The Greens registered 8% on the list.
More in Common UK director Luke Tryl said the Scottish Tories were facing "electoral oblivion" with Reform UK "the only winners" in the poll.
More in Common also asked voters which party they would support in a Westminster General Election. It found the SNP ahead on 31%, with Reform UK in second place on 21%.
Labour, who last year won a decisive victory in Scottish constituencies, polled at just 17%. The LibDems and Tories both registered 11%, with the Greens on 6%.
A YouGov poll in June also suggested Reform would pick up their first Westminster seats in Scotland.
The survey found that Reform UK would become the largest party in Westminster with 271 MPs. This included three MPs in Scotland.
