Scottish Parliamentary Election – Thursday, 6 May 2021 Central Scotland Region Notice of Poll and Statement of Persons Nominated

(1) The following parties and people, have been and now stand nominated for election as a member of the for the above region:-

Details of any party or Names of Candidates on candidate no longer Name of Party Description of Party Party List, in order to be nominated, with reason elected why Abolish the Scottish Abolish the Scottish John Provan Mortimer Parliament Party Parliament – Save Lee William McLauchlan £100,000,000 Yearly

Alba Party Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh Lynne Anderson Jim Walker Margaret Lynch

All for Unity All 4 Unity – No to Mary Devlin Separatism Jonathan Stanley Matt Alexander Sandra Hill Billy Ross Sandy Smart Lachlan MacNeil

Freedom Alliance– Freedom Alliance. Scotland’s Dave Frankland Integrity, Society, Opposition to Lockdown Claire Anne McClaren Economy John Redmond Irvine Louise Bannigan Di Meechan Colin McMillan

Independent for Scotland Julie Patricia McAnulty Withdrawal of all Party Derek Walter Tulloch Candidates on the Parties list

Independent Green Voice Independent Green Voice – John M.B. Robertson Organic Green Scotland

Reform UK ReformUK – Changing Alan Gordon Melville Politics for Good Hugh MacDonald Skinner Alexander Hugh MacGregor Ann Therese Murray

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Graham Simpson Meghan Gallacher Haroun Malik Neil Benny Ross Lambie Nathan Wilson Gordon MacDonald Bryan Flannagan

Scottish Family Party Scottish Family Party: Pro- Leo Francis Lanahan Family, Pro-Marriage, Pro- John Patrick McGrory Life Helen Mary Clare MacEachen Christine MacIver Christopher Anthony Hendry

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Details of any party or Names of Candidates on candidate no longer Name of Party Description of Party Party List, in order to be nominated, with reason elected why Scottish Green Party Rosemary McGowan Claire Williams Thomas McLaughlin Patrick McAleer Kyle Davidson James Stuart Duffin

Scottish Labour Party Mark Griffin Monique McAdams Chris Costello Michael McPake Allyson Black Martine Nolan

Scottish Liberal Democrats Scottish Liberal Democrats – Paul McGarry Put Recovery First Mark McGeever Dawn Marion Ferguson Allan Graham Watson Ewan McRobert Karen Jane Utting Austin Reid

Scottish Libertarian Party Mark Meechan Katrina Jane Angus

Scottish National Party for SNP First Danish Ashraf (SNP) Minister Christina McKelvie Fulton MacGregor Grant Ferguson Iain Sinclair Paul Welsh Josh Wilson Cameron McManus

UK Independence Party UKIP – Get rid of Holyrood Neil Wilson (UKIP) Yvonne MacKay Steven Unwin George Cowen

(2) The following person has been, and now stands, nominated as an individual candidate for return as a regional member of the Scottish Parliament for the Central Scotland Region.

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Details of individual regional candidate

Name of individual regional candidate Description of individual regional candidate (if any)

HOGG, Paddy S Independent

(4) As the foregoing statement shows more candidates than the number of seats for the Central Scotland Region, a poll for the election of seven members to serve in the Scottish Parliament for the Central Scotland Region will be taken on the Sixth day of May 2021. The names and descriptions of the registered political parties standing nominated as given in the lists submitted by those parties and the names of the individual candidates will be printed on the ballot papers in the same order as in (1) above.

(5) The poll will be taken together with the poll for the election of constituency members to serve in the Scottish Parliament in each of the Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament within the Central Scotland Region; and

(6) The poll opens at 7.00 am and closes at 10.00 pm.

Des Murray Regional Returning Officer Civic Centre Windmillhill Street Motherwell ML1 1AB

31 March 2021

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