The candidates nominated to stand in the City of Edinburgh’s six constituencies and the Lothian Region in the Scottish Parliament Elections on Thursday, 5 May have been announced.

Nominations for candidates closed earlier today.

The nominated candidates for each constituency are listed in full below and on the Council website:

Edinburgh Central Constituency 
BETTSWORTH, Hannah  – Scottish Liberal Democrats
BOYACK, Sarah  – Scottish Labour Party
DAVIDSON, Ruth – Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
DICKIE, Alison – Scottish National Party (SNP)
JOHNSTONE, Alison – Scottish Green Party
LAIRD, Tom – Scottish Libertarian Party

Edinburgh Eastern Constituency
COOK, Nick – Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
DENHAM, Ash – Scottish National Party (SNP)
D’INVERNO, Cospatric – Scottish Liberal Democrats
DUGDALE, Kezia – Scottish Labour Party

Edinburgh Northern and Leith Constituency 
CALDWELL, Jack – Independent
HINDS, Lesley – Scottish Labour Party
MACPHERSON, Ben – Scottish National Party (SNP)
MCGILL, Iain – Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
VEART, Martin – Scottish Liberal Democrats

Edinburgh Pentlands Constituency 
FARTHING-SYKES, Emma – Scottish Liberal Democrats
HEARY, Blair – Scottish Labour Party
LINDHURST, Gordon – Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MACDONALD, Gordon – Scottish National Party (SNP)

Edinburgh Southern Constituency 
BRIGGS, Miles – Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
EADIE, Jim – Scottish National Party (SNP)
JOHNSON, Daniel – Scottish Labour Party
SUBBARAMAN, Pramod – Scottish Liberal Democrats

Edinburgh Western Constituency
BATHO, Sandy – Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
COLE-HAMILTON, Alex  – Scottish Liberal Democrats
GIUGLIANO, Toni – Scottish National Party (SNP)
HEADLEY, Cat – Scottish Labour Party

Lothian Region

PARTY: RISE – Respect, Independence, Socialism and Environmentalism
CANDIDATES: FOX, Colin; REID, Natalie; MARTIN, Calum; LYCOURIS, Sophia; MINDEWICZ, Basia

PARTY: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
CANDIDATES: DAVIDSON, Ruth; BRIGGS, Miles; LINDHURST, Gordon; BALFOUR, Jeremy; MCGILL, Iain; COOK, Nick; BATHO, Sandy; KENNEDY, Charles; SMITH, Stephanie

PARTY: Scottish Green Party
CANDIDATES: JOHNSTONE, Alison; WIGHTMAN, Andy; SLATER, Lorna Jane; MCCOLL, Peter Andrew; MUMFORD, Alys Rhiannon; BURGESS, Steve; BLACK, Pat; BOOTH, Chas; HEAP, Daniel

PARTY: Scottish Labour Party
CANDIDATES: DUGDALE, Kezia; FINDLAY, Neil; BOYACK, Sarah; JOHNSON, Daniel; HINDS, Lesley; CHAUDRY, Jalal; HEADLEY, Cat; HARKINS, Bernard; MACDONALD, Eilidh; KHAN, Shami; HENDERSON, Ann; CORRAL, Richard

PARTY: Scottish Liberal Democrats
CANDIDATES: COLE-HAMILTON, Alex; BETTSWORTH, Hannah; BELL, Jacqueline Dianne; SYKES, Emma Florence; VEART, Martin; DUNDAS, Charles Christopher; D’INVERNO, Joseph Cospatric; FARTHING, Daniel Marisco

PARTY: Scottish National Party (SNP)
CANDIDATES: CONSTANCE, Angela; HYSLOP, Fiona; MURPHY, Jil; AHMED, Irshad; EADIE, Jim; DENHAM, Ash; GIUGLIANO, Toni; BEATTIE, Colin; QUINAN, Lloyd; MACPHERSON, Ben; MCCARRA, Greg; MACDONALD, Gordon

PARTY: Scottish Women’s Equality Party
CANDIDATES: CHALMERS, Lee Banks; ROYSTON, Jennifer Elizabeth; MACDONALD, Catriona Mary Elizabeth; HERRMANN, Abigail Grace

PARTY: Solidarity – Scotland’s Socialist Movement
CANDIDATES: GORE, Kevin Robert; RUSSELL, Ian Watson; HUBBARD, Ashley Smith; SUTHERLAND, Jane Elizabeth; TEMPLETON, William Pollock

PARTY: UK Independence Party (UKIP) UKIP
CANDIDATES: MELVILLE, Alan Gordon; MCLUCKIE, Stuart; SHAW-STEWART, John

Find out more about where, when and how to vote.

 

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