Alison Johnstone has represented Lothian region since 2011 and was an Edinburgh city councillor between 2007 and 2012.

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A former East of Scotland 800m and 1500m title holder, Alison is a qualified athletics coach and Board member of Scottish Athletics. She continues to campaign to preserve green space, for investment in walking and cycling and for access to sport for all. She led the Fans First campaign to win football fans the right to buy their clubs; led the fight against fracking by proposing a ban in 2014 when all other parties supported it; and persuaded ministers to make energy-efficient housing a national infrastructure priority.

Since 2016 her advocacy for a compassionate social security system has led to benefit sanctions not being applied to devolved employment schemes, boosted family incomes through the roll out of the ‘Healthier, Wealthier Children’ programme and ensured those applying for devolved disability benefits will not require to undertake unnecessary face to face assessments. She secured parliamentary support to make the mountain hare a protected species and is pushing on with her work to deliver a real ban on fox hunting.

Together we can re-elect Alison to Holyrood to fight for climate action, and for our future as an independent country at the heart of the European Union.