West 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- Ken Thomson
- Ian Gibson
Alliance to Liberate Scotland- Gordon Ross
- Simon McLean
- Kenneth McNeil
- Ian Vallance
- Eamonn Gallagher
Conservative- Russell Findlay
- Jackson Carlaw
- Pam Gosal
- Alix Mathieson
- Gary Mulvaney
- Maurice Corry
- Jack Hall
- Ronnie Stalker
- Farooq Choudhry
- Ted Runciman
Independence for Scotland Party- Colette Walker
Independent Green Voice- Ian Inkster
Labour- Jackie Baillie
- Neil Bibby
- Katy Clark
- Paul O'Kane
- Francesca Brennan
- Kayleigh Quinn
- Mike McKirdy
- Colette McDiarmid
- Matthew McGowan
Liberal Democrats- Adam Harley
- Jamie Greene
- Christine Murdoch
- Grant Toghill
- Emma Farthing
- Ross Stalker
- Elaine Ford
- Liberal Party
- Allan Steele
- Andrew MacGregor
Reform UK- Malcolm Offord
- David Smith
- Moira Ramage
- Mike Mann
- Matt McLean
- Andy White
Scottish Common Party- Claire Gallagher
Scottish Family Party- Liam McKechnie
- Luke Reid
- Matt Lynch
- Paul Gallacher
Scottish Green- Ross Greer
- Cara McKee
- Karen Sharkey
- Paula Baker
- Ross Collins
- Scottish Libertarian Party
- Alan Findlay
- Cameron Milne
Scottish National Party- Stuart McMillan
- Kirsten Oswald
- Michelle Campbell
- Patricia Gibson
- Kenneth Gibson
- Tom Arthur
- Sophie Traynor
- Denis Johnston
- Michael Gibbons
- Andy Steel
Scottish Socialist Party- Veronica Edgely
- Jonathan Judge
- Colin Edgely
- Socialist Labour Party
- James McDaid
- Louise McDaid
- Bobby Cochrane
- Bryan McLardy
- David Jacobsen
- UK Independence Party
- Ben Walker
- Mike Pursglove
- Gillian Ammoun
Independent, Paul Mack- Independent, Paddy McCarthy
- Independent, William Wallace
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