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/