31 March 2021

Candidates confirmed for Scottish Parliament election

The candidates for the upcoming Scottish Parliament election who will be standing in the three constituencies administered by Aberdeenshire Council have been confirmed.

 

Following the close of nominations today (Wed, 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

 

Aberdeenshire West

 

·         Andrew Philip Brown          Scottish Labour Party

·         Rosemary Bruce                  Scottish Liberal Democrats

·         Alexander Burnett                Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

·         Fergus Mutch                       Scottish National Party (SNP)

 

Banffshire and Buchan Coast

 

·         Karen Adam                          Scottish National Party (SNP)

·         Jason Duncan                      Freedom Alliance– Integrity, Society, Economy

·         Mark Findlater                      Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

·         David Philip McHutchon     Restore Scotland

·         Alison Simpson                    Scottish Liberal Democrats

·         Georgia Strachan                Scottish Labour Party

 

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

·         Laura Marshall

 

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