Edinburgh and Lothians East
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
Advance UK- Sean Moffat
Alliance to Liberate Scotland- Craig Murray
- Joe Smith
- Hugh Kerr
- James Daly
- Anna Caro
- Animal Welfare Party
- Mark Scott
- Lee Williscroft-Ferris
- Vivienne Moir
- Jane Smith
- Communist Party of Britain
- Chris Cullen
Conservative- Miles Briggs
- Sue Webber
- Marie-Clair Munro
- Christopher Cowdy
- Jo Mowat
- Tim Jones
- Rachel Cairns
- Haris Young
- Edinburgh & East Lothian People
- Marc Wilkinson
- David Sisson
- Equality Party
- David Renton
- Laura Mackintosh
- Caitlin Dykes-Johnson
Independence for Scotland Party- John Hannah
- Independent Green Voice
- Megan Burns
Labour- Irshad Ahmad
- Katherine Sangster
- Daniel Johnson
- Catriona Munro
- Martin Whitfield
- Caitlin Stott
- James Dalgleish
- Eleanor Ryan-Saha
- Oliver Thomas
Liberal Democrats- Sanne Dijkstra-Downie
- Jane Alliston Pickard
- Charles Dundas
- Lewis Younie
- Jenny Butler
- Liss Owen
- Alan Grant
Reform UK- Angela Ross
- Pal Chidambaram
- Nigel Douglas
- David Lees
- Charles Turner
- Andrew McLaughlin
- Gary Neill
- David Thomson
- Cameron Rose
Scottish Family Party- Philip Holden
- Niel Deepnarain
- Mairi Lucas
- Helen MacEachen
- Peter Cox
Scottish Green- Lorna Slater
- Kate Nevens
- Q Manivannan
- Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill
- Chas Booth
- Adam Al-Khateb
- Jo Phillips
- Mridul Wadhwa
- Dan Heap
- Astri Kvassnes
- Alex Staniforth
- Mariusz Cebulski
- Scottish Libertarian Party
- Tam Laird
- Gary Smith
Scottish National Party- Tommy Sheppard
- Deidre Brock
- Simita Kumar
- Angus Robertson
- Paul McLennan
- Colin Beattie
- Lyn Jardine
Scottish Socialist Party- Colin Fox
- Natalie Reid
- Ally Maxwell
Workers Party of Britain- David Henry
- Abu Meron
Independent, Jeremy Balfour- Independent, Bob Bonnie Prince
- Independent, Morgwn Davies
- Independent, Ash Regan
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