Central Scotland and Lothians West
About these elections
Voters will head to the polls on Thursday 7 May for the biggest set of elections since the 2024 general election. In Scotland and Wales, voters will elect representatives to their national parliaments, while in England around 5,000 local councillors and six mayors will be up for election. Candidate information may change until 10 April in England and Wales, as details are finalised.
Candidates
Voting due to take place on
Abolish the Scottish Parliament- John Jo Leckie
- Advance UK
- Mark Tunnicliff
Alliance to Liberate Scotland- Greig McArthur
- Alan McManus
- David Baird
- Graham Fraser
- Steve Arnott
Conservative- Meghan Gallacher
- Lewis Stein
- Neil Benny
- Keith Allan
- Andy Bruce
- Peter Heggie
- Damian Doran-Timson
- Bob Burgess
- Euan Blockley
Independence for Scotland Party- Julie McAnulty
- Independent Green Voice
- James Stewart
Labour- Mark Griffin
- Jenny Young
- Kieron Higgins
- Siobhan Paterson
- James McPhilemy
- Suzanne MacLeod
- Ayeshah Khan
- Jordan Stokoe
Liberal Democrats- Paul McGarry
- Lucy Smith
- Caron Lindsay
- Stephen Harte
- William Howieson
- Daniel Mancini
- Jenni Lang
Reform UK- Graham Simpson
- Mandy Lindsay
- Amanda Bland
- Richard Fairley
- David McLennan
- Duncan MacMillan
- Steve Grant
- Malcom Jones
- George Hobbins
Scottish Family Party- David Richardson
- Leo Lanahan
- Norma McLachlan Diffin
- Ailish Lanahan
Scottish Green- Gillian Mackay
- Claire Williams
- Cameron Glasgow
- Anne McCrossan
- Scottish Libertarian Party
- Lukasz Furmaniak
Scottish National Party- Pauline Stafford
- Neil Gray
- Toni Giugliano
- Clare Adamson
- Callum Cox
- Steven Bonnar
- Stacey Devine
Scottish Socialist Party- Collette Bradley
- Lewis Clark
- Conor Gilbey
- UK Independence Party
- Neil Wilson
- Stephen Hollis
- Margaret Garbutt
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