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Scottish Parliamentary Election for the Mid Scotland and Fife Region Scottish Parliamentary Election for the MID SCOTLAND AND FIFE REGION STATEMENT OF PERSONS AND PARTIES NOMINATED FOR RETURN AS REGIONAL MEMBERS, AND NOTICE OF POLL Thursday 5th May 2011 1. The following name and description of the parties together with their party’s regional list and individual candidate have been and now stand nominated. They are shown in alphabetical order and the names of the candidates who appear on the regional list are shown in the order in which their names appear on that list and these are followed by the name and description of the individual candidate. Name of Party - All Scotland Pensioners Party Description Pensioners (SSCUP) Party List Candidates - PARKER Jim BOYD Agnes ROSS Charlie MANUEL Mary DOYLE Brian FOSTON Rendle Name of Party - British National Party Party List Candidates – MARTIN Andrew HOWARD Karen WALKER Adam MATTHYS Jennifer Alice Name of Party - Scottish Christian Party “Proclaiming Christ’s Lordship” Description Christians Together Party List Candidates – JEMELJANOVA Oksana ADEBAYO Clement HECHAVARRIA Jemeleatha Sophonia Maria OFORI Diana Ama Name of Party - Scottish Christian Peoples Alliance Party List Candidates - SMITH Rob WILLIS Michael Dennis WILLIS Astrid Elizabeth Maria SLAVEN Thomas Name of Party - Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Party List Candidates - FRASER Murdo SMITH Elizabeth BRIGGS Miles DON Belinda CAMPBELL Callum BENNY Neil MCFARLANE Ian SMITH Allan REEKIE James Name of Party - Scottish Green Party Description Mark Ruskell for MSP Party List Candidates - RUSKELL Mark CHARLES Hilary BENNETT Bruce THOMPSON Andrew HUMPHRY Roger Name of Party - Scottish Labour Party Party List Candidates - PARK John BAKER Claire SIMPSON Richard BAXTER Jayne ADAMS Tom MANJI Kainde MORRISON Kay Name of Party - Scottish Liberal Democrats Party List Candidates - RENNIE Willie BRETT Tim TAYLOR James BARRETT Peter LISTON Jane Ann AULD Russell LESLIE Callum Name of Party - Scottish National Party (SNP) Description Alex Salmond for First Minister Party List Candidates - SWINNEY John CRAWFORD Bruce CUNNINGHAM Roseanna EWING Annabelle BROWN Keith CHAPMAN Douglas WALKER Bill DOW Ewan BEARE John CAMPBELL Rod TORRANCE David CHISHOLM Iain Name of Party - Scottish Socialist Party Description Scottish Socialist Party - Save Public Services Party List Candidates - BALFOUR Morag Anne MORRIS James Harry MCAVINEY Thomas GARVIE Felicity Margaret Name of Party - Socialist Labour Party Party List Candidates - ROBINSON Terry MCGAVIGAN Katharine JOHNSTON Christopher Gordon SINGLETON Kim Name of Party - Solidarity - Scotland’s Socialist Movement Party List Candidates – JACKSON Andrew David PENMAN Jock MARTIN Anne MORELLI Carlo DALY Craig Patrick LOWRIE John CROSSLEY Derrick MCLEARY Louise Christina Name of Party - UK Independence Party (UKIP) Party List Candidates - MONCKTON Christopher SCOTT-HAYWARD Mike HENKE Paul SEUNARINE Kris CORMACK George Individual Candidate - RODGER Andrew Independent 2. A poll will be taken on Thursday 5th May 2011 between the hours of 7.00 a.m. and 10.00 p.m. 3. A poll will also be taken for the election of Constituency members of the Scottish Parliament. 4. The poll at the Scottish Parliamentary Election will be combined with the poll for the referendum on the UK Parliamentary Voting System. 5. The situation of polling stations for the Mid Scotland and Fife Region and the description of persons entitled to vote thereat is available on Council websites as noted below:- Fife Constituencies of Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Mid Fife & Glenrothes and North East Fife - www.fifedirect.org.uk or from the Elections Office, 5th Floor, Fife House, North Street, Glenrothes, Fife, KY7 5LT; telephone 01592 583111. Clackmannanshire and Dunblane - www.clacksweb.org.uk or from the Elections Office, Greenfield House, Mar Place, Alloa, FK10 2AD; telephone 01259 452266. Perthshire North, Perthshire South & Kinrossshire - www.pkc.gov.uk/elections or from the Council Building, 2 High Street, Perth, PH1 5PH; telephone 01738 475004. Stirling - www.stirling.gov.uk or from the Election Office, Room 50A, Old Viewforth, Stirling, FK8 2ET; telephone 01786 443370. Ronnie Hinds, Date: 29 March, 2011 Regional Returning Officer, Fife Council, Fife House, North Street, Glenrothes. KY7 5LT Printed and Published by the Regional Returning Officer, North Street, Glenrothes, Fife. KY7 5LT .
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