Scottish Parliament elections

West Scotland region

This election will be held on Thursday 7 May 2026.

We are currently aware of 79 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

West Scotland region

1. Ken Thomson

2. Ian Gibson

1. Gordon Ross

2. Simon McLean

3. Ken McNeil

4. Ian Vallance

5. Eamon Gallacher

1. Russell Findlay

2. Jackson Carlaw

3. Pam Gosal

4. Alix Mathieson

5. Gary Mulvaney

6. Maurice Corry

7. Jack Hall

8. Ronnie Stalker

9. Farooq Choudhry

10. Ted Runciman

1. Colette Walker

1. Ian Inkster

1. Jackie Baillie

2. Neil Bibby

3. Katy Clark

4. Paul O'Kane

5. Francesca Brennan

6. Kayleigh Quinn

7. Mike McKirdy

8. Colette McDiarmid

9. Matthew McGowan

1. Adam Harley

2. Jamie Gillan Greene

3. Christine Margaret Murdoch

4. Grant Robert Toghill

5. Emma Farthing

6. Ross Stalker

7. Elaine Ford

1. Malcolm Offord

2. David Smith

3. Moira Ramage

4. Mike Mann

5. Matthew McLean

6. Andy White

1. Claire Gallagher

1. Liam Mckechnie

2. Luke Reid

3. Matthew Lynch

4. Paul Gallacher

1. Ross Greer

2. Cara McKee

3. Karen Sharkey

4. Paula Baker

5. Ross Collins

1. Alan Findlay

2. Cameron Alexander Milne

1. Stuart McMillan

2. Kirsten Frances Oswald

3. Michelle Simone Campbell

4. Patricia Gibson

5. Kenneth Gibson

6. Tom Arthur

7. Sophie Traynor

8. Denis Johnston

9. Michael Gibbons

10. Andy Steel

1. Veronica Edgely

2. Jonathan Judge

3. Colin Edgely

1. James McDaid

2. Louise McDaid

3. Bobby Cochrane

4. Bryan McLardy

5. David Don Jacobsen

1. Allan Steele

2. Andrew Keir MacGregor

1. Ben Walker

2. Mike Pursglove

3. Gillian Elaine Ammoun

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