SCOTTISH Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has become the first MSP to be fined by the UK Electoral Commission after failing to declare on time almost £15,000 of donations to her leadership campaign.
The commission last week issued a report stating Ms Davidson twice broke electoral law by missing the 30-day deadline for registering two donations totalling £14,500 in October.
The Glasgow MSP was fined £400, with each offence punished by a fixed penalty of £200. She paid the fine on May 11. Wendy Alexander, the former Scottish Labour leader who resigned in 2008 after accepting an illegal donation, was only forced to forfeit it, and was not fined.
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