Scottish Parliamentary Election – Regional Contest

Scottish Parliamentary election – regional contest West Scotland Region Statement of persons and parties nominated and Notice of poll A poll will be held on 5 May 2016 between 7am and 10pm The following parties and people have been or stand nominated for election as a member of the Scottish Parliament for the above region. Those who no longer stand nominated are listed, but will have a comment in the right hand column. Details of registered parties and party list candidates Names of candidates on party Details of any party or candidate no Name of party Description of party (if any) list, in order to be elected longer nominated, with reason why Colin Turbett RISE –RESPECT, INDEPENDENCE, Sandra Webster SOCIALISM AND Kieran McCallum ENVIRONMENTALISM Lindsay Brown SCOTTISH CHRISTIAN PARTY Christians Together Brian Lally “PROCLAIMING CHRIST’S LORDSHIP” Jackson Carlaw Jamie Greene Maurice Golden Maurice Corry SCOTTISH CONSERVATIVE AND Ruth Davidson for a Strong Andrew Polson UNIONIST PARTY Opposition David Wilson Paul Masterton Graeme Brooks Billy McClure Ann Le Blond Ross Greer Veronika Tudhope Ciaran Roarty Ross Greer for West of Yvonne McLellan SCOTTISH GREEN PARTY Scotland Joshua McCormick

Fiona Clark Ryan Paul Morrison Sarah Anderson.

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Names of candidates on party Details of any party or candidate no Name of party Description of party (if any) list, in order to be elected longer nominated, with reason why Jackie Baillie Neil Bibby Mary Fee Ken Macintosh Johanna Baxter Joe Cullinane SCOTTISH LABOUR PARTY Choose Kids, Not Cuts Siobhan McCready Martin McCluskey Moira Ramage Paul Sweeney Gail Casey Ben Procter Katy Gordon Ashay Ghai Aileen Morton Ruby Kirkwood SCOTTISH LIBERAL DEMOCRATS John Manby Watson John William Duncan Charity Elizabeth Pierce Tristan Philip Pierre Gray Free Speech, Free Markets, SCOTTISH LIBERTARIAN PARTY Alan Findlay Free People Derek Mackay Stewart Maxwell Kenneth Gibson Stuart McMillan Rona Mackay Nicola Sturgeon for First SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY (SNP) Ian McDougall Minister Gil Paterson Gail Robertson Ruth Maguire Qasim Hanif Nighet Riaz

Names of candidates on party Details of any party or candidate no Name of party Description of party (if any) list, in order to be elected longer nominated, with reason why Gail Sheridan Garry MacLachlan SOLIDARITY - SCOTLAND’S Tommy Sheridan – IndyRef2 Patricia Donald SOCIALIST MOVEMENT Archibald Muir Thomson Susan Thomson Sharon Marie McGonigal Michael Burrows UK INDEPENDENCE PARTY (UKIP) UKIP Robert Malyn

Details of individual regional candidates

Description of individual regional If individual regional candidate no longer Name of individual regional candidate candidate (if any) nominated, reason why

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______Sandra Black Regional Returning Officer 1 April 2016