South Scotland
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
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom- David Ballantine
- Glen Maney
Alliance to Liberate Scotland- Terry Howson
- Garry McClay
- Yvonne Lazenbury
- Maureen Johnston
- Marjorie Thompson
Conservative- Rachael Hamilton
- Craig Hoy
- Finlay Carson
- Sharon Dowey
- Brian Whittle
- Keith Cockburn
- Julie Pirone
- James Adams
- Tracey Clark
Independent Green Voice- Maxwell Dunbar
Labour- Carol Mochan
- Joe Fagan
- Linda Dorward
- MacPhee Ewan
- Lynsey Hamilton
- Daniel Coleman
- Kaymarie Hughes
- Davy Russell
- Brian McGinley
- Jack McConnel
Liberal Democrats- Duncan Dunlop
- Ray Georgeson
- Aisha Mir
- Richard Brodie
- Charlotte Olcay
- Michael Gregori
- Tracey Warman
Reform UK- Jamie Langan
- David Kirkwood
- Senga Beresford
- Tim Kelly
- Carolyn Grant
- Dan Clarke
- John McNamee
- Andrew Russell
- Andrew Scott
- Anne Millar
Scottish Common Party- Paul Adkins
- Muhammad Tufail
Scottish Family Party- Gareth Kirk
- Hamish Goldie-Scot
- Laura Shell
- Josh-Lee Witherspoon
Scottish Green- Laura Moodie
- Ann McGuinness
- Dominic Ashmole
- Neil MacKinnon
- Barbra Harvie
- Cameron Garrett
- Tim Clancy
- Tom Kerr
- Korin Vallance
- Scottish Heritage Party
- David Griffiths
- Gisele Skinner
- Elspeth Griffiths
- Charles McEwan
- Scottish Libertarian Party
- Daniel Fraser
Scottish National Party- Màiri McAllan
- Alan Brown
- Emma Harper
- Siobhian Brown
- Katie Hagmann
- John Redpath
- Collette Stevenson
- Stephen Thompson
- Alex Kerr
- Allan Dorans
- Kirsty Campbell
- Ross Clark
Scottish Socialist Party- Mark Sands
- Zoe Greenan
- Alex Creel
- UK Independence Party
- Janice Mackay
- Laurie Steele
- Robert Bilcliff
- Gail Bilcliff
- Colin Sullivan
Independent, Sean Davis- Independent, Denise Sommerville
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