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General Election 2024 – Cherry loses out to Scott Arthur in...
The city's Transport Convener, Scott Arthur, has been elected an MP, saying it was still a surprise in his acceptance speech.
He thanked Joanna...
General Election campaign – the Scottish Liberal Democrats launch their campaign
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey and Scottish Liberal Democrat leader, Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP, today officially launched the Scottish party's campaign for the 2024...
General Election 2024 – Tam Laird – Scottish Libertarian Party –...
The Scottish Libertarian Party leader is running to win the party's first seat in the Edinburgh West constituency in the Westminster General Election.
Previously a...
General Election 2024 – the Edinburgh results
Scottish Labour dominated the Edinburgh contests, with Ian Murray retaining Edinburgh South and the three SNP MPs replaced by their Labour counterparts, while Scottish...
General Election 2024 – the manifestos
Each party has published a manifesto setting out what it would do if it has enough MPs to govern - and there are also...
General Election 2024 – Euan Hyslop steps up
Euan Hyslop is standing in the next UK General Election as SNP candidate for Edinburgh West.
Here he tells The Edinburgh Reporter his reasons for...
Liberal Democrats “will make a huge leap forward”
Following the exit polls announced at 10pm, while Labour look set to win more than enough seats to form the next government, the Scottish...
Scottish Liberal Democrats publish their manifesto
The Scottish Liberal Democrats have published their general election manifesto which has an emphasis on care, agriculture and warm homes.
The party is setting...
General Election 2024 – Bruce Wilson to stand in Edinburgh South...
Scottish Liberal Democrats select Bruce Wilson for Edinburgh South West
The Scottish Liberal Democrats have selected Bruce Wilson as their candidate for Edinburgh South West at the forthcoming general election, whenever it is called. It must...
General Election 2024 – Cameron Rose – Reform UK Edinburgh South
Cameron Rose has found his political home in Reform UK for this election.
Mr Rose was a Conservative councillor in this part of Edinburgh...
General Election – Edinburgh West – the results
In Edinburgh West Christine Jardine Liberal Democrat will continue to represent the constituency at Westminster.
Ms Jardine was elected at the last three General Elections.
The...
Christine Jardine arrives to loud cheers from her supporters
It seemed like a victory lap when Christine Jardine - who has been Liberal Democrat MP for the last two terms - arrived at...
General Election – Dan Heap – Scottish Greens – Edinburgh South...
Dan Heap has been a councillor since 2022, representing the Sighthill/Gorgie ward.
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He is now standing for the Edinburgh South West seat in the UK...
Sheppard says the independence campaign must go on
After losing his Westminster seat at the General Election, Tommy Sheppard said he will not stand in the 2026 Scottish parliamentary election, but he...
General Election 2024 – Kayleigh O’Neill – Scottish Greens – Edinburgh...
Kayleigh O'Neill was elected as a councillor in Edinburgh, representing the Forth Ward in 2022. She lives in Leith with her partner and she...
General Election 2024 – Tommy Sheppard – SNP candidate in Edinburgh...
Tommy Sheppard has been SNP MP for the old constituency of Edinburgh East for the last two terms, and was one of the 56...
General Election 2024 – Jo Mowat – Scottish Conservatives candidate Edinburgh...
Jo Mowat has been a councillor for the best part of two decades and now represents the City Centre Ward.
She retained her seat...
Scottish Conservatives publish manifesto for rural Scotland
The Scottish Conservatives will publish their manifesto for rural Scotland on Thursday – which the party says has been “shamefully neglected” by the SNP...
General Election – Edinburgh South West – who won in 2019?
Last time in December 2019, Joanna Cherry increased her vote share to win the seat for the second time in a row.
Like many of...
General Election – Charles Dundas – Scottish Liberal Democrats Edinburgh East...
Charles Dundas was a councillor in Edinburgh between 2007 and 2012, and is now the Chief Executive of a Scottish conservation charity.
He is...
General Election 2024 – Richard Shillcock – Communist Party of Britain...
Richard Shillcock is in the minority and he is gracious enough to laugh a little when asked how that feels. He is standing for...
General Election – Alastair Shields – Scottish Conservatives – Edinburgh West
Alastair Shields is the Scottish Conservatives candidate for Edinburgh West in the July UK election.
Here I speak with him about the reasons for his...
General Election 2024 – Richard Lucas – Scottish Family Party –...
Richard Lucas is standing in the Westminster General Election for the Scottish Family Party.
He is the leader of the party and while he...
General Election 2024 – Rishi Sunak visits Scotland to launch manifesto
Although his first visit during this General Election was to Scotland, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who assumed the Tory leadership in October 2022,...
General Election 2024 – Michael Davidson – Scottish Labour candidate for...
Michael Davidson went to Fox Covert Primary School and thinks he has the edge as a local in this constituency.
He is a trade...
General Election 2024 – Election hustings
Three mental health charities will host a General Election hustings event in Edinburgh on Tuesday to discuss mental health policies with the five Scottish...
Council taking emergency action to ensure all postal votes are issued
The City of Edinburgh Council is taking action to ensure that all voters who may not have received their postal voting packs can still...
SNP launch last week of campaigning with their new look bus
SNP Leader John Swinney has said it is a "democratic outrage" that some people in Scotland are now on holiday without having received their...
General Election 2024 – Lynne Lyon – Alba Party – Edinburgh...
Lynne Lyon is Edinburgh's sole Alba Party candidate in the upcoming general election, running to replace Labour's Ian Murray as Edinburgh South's MP.
The Alba...
General Election 2024 – Tracy Gilbert Edinburgh North and Leith
Tracy Gilbert is the Scottish Labour Candidate for Edinburgh North and Leith.
As the Scottish Regional Secretary for the trade union USDAW, she represents more...
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