Jo Swinson was one of the most high-profile casualties of Boris Johnson’s snap general election

Jo Swinson, the former Liberal Democrat leader, is considering standing for Holyrood next year.

Party colleagues are understood to be courting her for a Scottish Parliament seat in 2021. She is due to speak at the Liberal Democrat conference in York next week.

Ms Swinson, 40, a former employment minister in David Cameron’s coalition government, was one of the most high-profile casualties of Boris Johnson’s snap general election.

A spokeswoman for the Scottish Liberal Democrats said: “The Liberal Democrats intend to grow in numbers across Scotland for Holyrood in 2021. Jo Swinson is very talented and will be of huge value to the country in whatever role she wants to play in the future in our party.”

Sources say she has been approached to