David Torrance
Author · 9 books
David Torrance is Devolution and Constitution Specialist at the House of Commons Library. He was formerly a freelance writer, broadcaster and journalist, reporting on the Scottish Parliament for STV, and contributing political commentary to a wide range of publications including The Scotsman, The Herald and The Times. He is the author of several books on Scottish politics, the best known being his unauthorised biographies of Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond. He is the author of Standing up for Scotland: Nationalist Unionism and Scottish Party Politics, 1884–2014 (Edinburgh University Press, 2020) and the editor of Ruth Davidson's Conservatives: The Scottish Tory Party, 2011–19 (Edinburgh University Press, 2020) and Whatever Happened to Tory Scotland (Edinburgh University Press, 2012).
Series
Books
On Being a Man
Four Scottish Men in Conversation
2014
The Battle for Britain
Scotland and the Independence Referendum
2013
We in Scotland
Thatcherism in a Cold Climate
2009
Nicola Sturgeon
A Political Life
2015
The Wild Men
The Remarkable Story of Britain's First Labour Government
2024
On Being a Man
Four Scottish Men in Conversation
2014
Britain Rebooted
Scotland in a Federal Union
2014
Salmond
Against the Odds
2010
EU Referendum 2016
A Guide for Voters
2016
