Candidates confirmed for Scottish Parliament election

Following the close of nominations yesterday (Wednesday, Mar 31), the candidates are as follows:

Aberdeenshire East

· Graeme James Downie Scottish Labour Party

· Gillian Anne Martin Scottish National Party (SNP)

· Stewart Whyte Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

· Conrad James Wood Scottish Liberal Democrats

Candidates for the North East Region have also been confirmed as follows:

Abolish The Scottish Parliament Party

· Callum Buchanan

Alba Party

· Alex Salmond, Heather McLean, Brian Topping, Dot Jessiman

All For Unity

· Arthur Keith, Scott Fenwick, Bobby Ferguson, Danielle Millar, Richard Kelbie, Ben Stones, John McPhee

Freedom Alliance– Integrity, Society, Economy

· Kirsty Isabel Miller, Jason Duncan, Diane Lesley Mathieson, Sadie Cubitt

Independent Green Voice

· Richard Tallach

Reform UK

· John Barclay Cox, James George Whitelaw, Greig Mair, Samantha Lee Evans, Carol Mitchell MacDonald

Renew

· Colin Alexander McFadyen

Restore Scotland

· David McHutchon, Ewan Gurr

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

· Liam Kerr, Alexander Burnett, Douglas Lumsden, Maurice Golden, Tess White, Gillian Tebberen, Stewart Whyte, Mark Findlater, Harriet Cross, Philip Scott, Mason McIlreavey, Alan Fakley

Scottish Family Party

· David Thomas Bestwick, John Mark Donaldson, William James Strachan, George Macleod Arthur, Shehla Noreen Arthur

Scottish Green Party

· Maggie Chapman, Guy Ingerson, Rachel Shanks, Lewis Leodhas, Sylvia Hardie, Peter Kennedy Bradley Booth

Scottish Labour Party

· Michael Marra, Mercedes Villalba, Barry Black, Lynn Thomson, Richard McCready, Georgia Strachan, Kamaal Bola, Heather Herbert, Owen Wright

Scottish Liberal Democrats

· Rosemary Bruce, John Robert McConnachie Waddell, Ben George Lawrie, Ian Yuill, Conrad James Wood, Isobel Davidson, Alison Mary Simpson, Michael Crichton

Scottish Libertarian Party

· Bryce Hope

Scottish National Party (SNP)

· Fatima Joji, Christian Allard, Fergus Mutch, William Duff, Nadia El-Nakla, John Cooke, Lynne Short, Gill Al-Samarai, Josh Mennie

UK Independence Party (UKIP)

· Duncan Odgers, David Mackay, William Morren, Gerald Haddrell, Albert Emery, Kathleen Rowham

Individual regional candidates

· Geoffrey Alexander Farquharson and Laura Marshall

Further details on local arrangements for the Scottish Parliament election on Thursday, May 6, can be found at www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/elections/scottish-parliament-election/