Scottish Parliament elections

Central Scotland and Lothians West region

This election will be held on Thursday 7 May 2026.

We are currently aware of 64 candidates for this position. We expect more candidates to be announced in the future. The official candidate list will be published after 2 April 2026, when this page will be updated. You can help improve this page: add information about candidates to our database.

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🗳️ Scottish Parliament elections

Central Scotland and Lothians West region

1. John Jo Leckie

1. Greig Duncan McArthur

2. Alan McManus

3. David Baird

4. Graham Fraser

5. Steve Arnott

1. Meghan Gallacher

2. Lewis Stein

3. Neil Benny

4. Keith Allan

5. Andy Bruce

6. Peter Heggie

7. Damian Doran-Timson

8. Bob Burgess

9. Euan Blockley

1. Graham Simpson

2. Mandy Lindsay

3. Amanda Bland

4. Richard Fairley

5. David McLennan

6. Duncan MacMillan

7. Steven Grant

8. Malcom Kevin Jones

9. George William Hobbins

1. David Richardson

2. Leo Francis Lanahan

3. Norma McLachlan Diffin

4. Ailish Ann Lanahan

1. Gillian Audrey MacKay

2. Claire Louise Williams

3. Cameron Glasgow

4. Anne McCrossan

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