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Former special adviser to First Ministers Humza Yousaf and John Swinney. Age 30. Previously worked for MSP Maureen Watt.

Retired Professor in Strategic Studies at the University of Aberdeen. 42 years at the university with expertise in international security and nuclear weapons.

Former leader of Aberdeen City Council (2014-2022). Returning to frontline politics as Labour's candidate for Aberdeen Central.

Aberdeen secondary school teacher making his first political stand on a platform of defending the oil and gas industry.

Aberdeenshire councillor for Banchory and Mid-Deeside. Won highest-ever Lib Dem vote in the ward. Tops the North East Scotland regional list.

Aberdeen City councillor for Lower Deeside. Oil and gas economist. Defected from the Conservatives to Reform UK.

Conservative MSP for North East Scotland since 2016. Former Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservatives (2019-2020). Currently Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills. Employment law specialist.

Labour Party candidate for Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine.

Aberdeenshire councillor for North Kincardine. Community volunteer with Home-Start Aberdeen supporting families with young children.

SNP Westminster leader since December 2022 and MP for Aberdeen South since 2019. Standing for Holyrood in 2026. Previously SNP group leader on Aberdeen City Council.

Aberdeenshire councillor for the Mearns. Won seat in a 2024 by-election standing for Reform UK. Former Italian restaurant owner.

Aberdeenshire councillor for Central Buchan since 2022. Specialist additional support needs teacher.

MSP for Aberdeen Donside since 2021. Former Aberdeen City councillor (from 2007) and SNP deputy group leader on the council.

Aberdeen councillor and long-serving NHS worker with 30 years' experience in the health service.

16 years in the energy sector specialising in North East oil and gas. Lives in a farmhouse between Stonehaven and Banchory.

North East Scotland native with experience in healthcare and energy sectors. Previously stood for Arbroath at the 2024 general election.

Conservative MSP for North East Scotland since 2021. Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Energy. Former co-leader of Aberdeen City Council (2017-2021). 20 years in IT industry.

MSP for Aberdeenshire East since 2016, succeeding Alex Salmond. Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy. Former further education lecturer.

NHS worker with more than 25 years' service. Vice chair of the Grampian health branch of Unison.

Reform UK candidate for Aberdeenshire East.

Conservative MSP for Aberdeenshire West since 2016. Scottish Conservative Chief Whip and Vice-Chairman for campaigning. Co-founder of the Cross-Party Group on Autism.

Aberdeenshire councillor for Westhill and District since 2022. Worked across European Parliament, Westminster, and Scottish Parliament. Tops SNP North East regional list.

Aberdeenshire councillor for Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford since 2012. Trustee of Grampian Transport Museum.

Reform UK candidate for Aberdeenshire West.

Aberdeen city councillor for Kingswells, Sheddocksley and Summerhill. Education background.

Edinburgh councillor for Drum Brae/Gyle. Leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Edinburgh City Council.

Glasgow City councillor for Linn ward.

MSP for Central Scotland since 2016. Defected from the Conservatives to Reform UK in August 2025. Former journalist for The Sun and Daily Record.

Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care since February 2024. MSP for Airdrie and Shotts since 2021, previously the Westminster MP for the same seat (2015-2021).

Labour Party candidate for Airdrie.

Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs since 2023 and MSP for Almond Valley since 2007. A former social worker by profession, Constance has held multiple cabinet roles including Education, Communities, and Social Security. She also serves as the SNP's Business Convener (party chair) since 2023, overseeing party management and election campaigns.

Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice, the party's leading grassroots blog. Scottish Lib Dem spokesperson for Social Security.

West Lothian councillor for East Livingston and East Calder. Conservative group leader on West Lothian Council.

Technology consultant with over 18 years in the sector. Co-operative Party member and Community Trade Union member. Serves on West Calder Community Centre management committee.

Reform UK candidate for Almond Valley.

Aberdeenshire councillor for Stonehaven and Lower Deeside. Standing for Angus North and Mearns in her first bid for the Scottish Parliament.

Reform UK candidate for Angus North and Mearns.

Liberal Democrats candidate for Angus North and Mearns.

Labour Party candidate for Angus North and Mearns.

Aberdeenshire councillor for Mearns. Co-founder of Save our Mearns campaign. Delivered a 3,300-signature anti-pylon petition to Parliament.

Awarded OBE for services to healthcare. Former BP executive with senior posts in Africa, Brussels, London and Washington. Former director of Scottish Blood Service and Angus councillor.

Reform UK candidate for Angus South.

Labour councillor for Monifieth and Sidlaw ward on Angus Council. Serves on education, housing, and policy committees.

Active in the Mearns area. Significantly increased the Lib Dem vote in a recent local by-election.

Monifieth and Sidlaw councillor since 2022. Born in 2001, one of Scotland's youngest councillors at 24.

Former Liberal Democrat MP for Argyll and Bute (2001-2015). East Dunbartonshire councillor for Bearsden North since 2022. Computer project manager background.

Argyll and Bute councillor for Oban South and the Isles. Defected from the Conservatives to Reform UK in 2026.

NHS doctor based in Oban working in rural and remote medicine. BMA and Royal College of GPs representative. Holds a PhD.

MSP for Argyll and Bute since 2021. Minister for Public Health and Women's Health since March 2023. Worked at BBC Scotland for 18 years helping to establish BBC Alba.

Argyll and Bute councillor for Isle of Bute since 2022. Leader of the Conservative group on the council. Runs a family business and presents on Bute Island Radio.

Stood in the Ayr North council by-election in October 2025 for Reform UK.

Labour councillor for Ayr East on South Ayrshire Council. Former Labour group leader on the council.

Aberdeen city councillor for George Street and Harbour since 2022. Took the seat from the Conservatives.

Conservative MSP for South Scotland since 2021. Deputy Justice Spokesperson. Former senior manager at Morrisons. Born in Girvan, brought up in Maybole.

MSP for Ayr since 2021 and Minister for Victims and Community Safety since March 2023. Defeated the Conservatives' longest-serving MSP by 170 votes. Former South Ayrshire councillor.

East Lothian councillor and Scottish Parliament researcher. MA from the University of St Andrews. Chair of Lothian Young Labour.

Former managing director of Score Group, Peterhead-based engineering firm. 32-year career in oil and gas. Standing for Reform UK in Banffshire and Buchan Coast.

MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast since 2021. First MSP to take the oath of affirmation in British Sign Language. Convener of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee.

Liberal Democrats candidate for Banffshire and Buchan Coast.

First Reform UK councillor elected in Scotland, winning the Whitburn and Blackburn by-election in December 2025. Semi-retired, formerly in the Civil Service.

Former French and Spanish teacher (Cambridge graduate). Now works as researcher for Michael Marra MSP at the Scottish Parliament.

West Lothian SNP deputy group leader. Bathgate councillor. Tops the SNP Central Scotland and Lothians West regional list.

West Lothian councillor for Livingston South.

Liberal Democrats candidate for Bathgate.

Former aide to the late Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy. Worked with humanitarian relief organisations.

Inverness-based qualified accountant. Established his own business in 2001 advising companies across the Highlands.

Lewisham councillor and former Holyrood researcher for Highland Labour MSPs. Stood in the 2024 general election in Caithness.

MSP since 2016 for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross. Has held continuous ministerial roles since 2017 including Children and Young People, Public Health, and Social Care. Former mental health pharmacist.

Reform UK candidate for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross.

Reform UK candidate for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley.

Labour MSP for South Scotland since 2021. Shadow Minister for Mental Wellbeing, Women's Health and Sport. Party spokesperson on Public Health.

Politics and economics graduate (UWS and Glasgow). Works in a Paisley shop. Witnessed the cost-of-living crisis first-hand.

Dumfries and Galloway councillor for Mid Galloway and Wigtown West.

Conservative and Unionist Party candidate for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley.

Conservative MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife since 2016. Awarded MBE for services to local government. Former Perth and Kinross councillor for 18 years.

SNP Depute Leader since 2018 and MSP since 2007. Former Royal Marine who served in the Falklands War. Has held multiple Cabinet Secretary roles including Justice, Economy, and Infrastructure.

Reform UK candidate for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane.

First Liberal Democrat elected to West Lothian Council (2022). Runs the Far From The Madding Crowd Bookshop in Linlithgow.

Qualified accountant with over 25 years' experience as a business leader and board director across manufacturing, energy, and financial services.

East Dunbartonshire councillor for Milngavie. University of Glasgow politics graduate. Stood as Conservative candidate for Mid-Dunbartonshire in 2024.

Former Labour leader of West Dunbartonshire Council. Standing for Reform UK against his sister Marie McNair (SNP MSP).

35-year career in financial services across London, New York, and Glasgow. Scout leader in Bearsden.

East Dunbartonshire councillor for Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South. Previously stood as Labour candidate for East Dunbartonshire in 2017.

MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie since 2021, the constituency's first female MSP. Former NHS nurse and prominent asbestos awareness campaigner.

Reform UK candidate for Clydesdale.

Scottish Borders councillor. Former journalist with nearly 30 years in blue-chip companies.

South Lanarkshire councillor for Clydesdale West since 2012. Chair of education on the council. First councillor in Scotland to take family leave.

SNP Cabinet Secretary and MSP for Clydesdale since 2021, McAllan is one of the youngest members of the Scottish Cabinet. A former corporate solicitor who also served as a special adviser to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, she has held the environment, net zero, and transport portfolios since entering Parliament and was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Housing in 2025.

Dumfries and Galloway councillor for Annandale South.

Conservative and Unionist Party candidate for Coatbridge and Chryston.

Liberal Democrats candidate for Coatbridge and Chryston.

MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston since 2016, the first SNP MSP ever elected for the constituency. Re-elected in 2021 with 57% vote share. Former social worker.

Former Head of Communications at Citizens Advice Scotland and Bureau Manager at Coatbridge Citizens Advice for over 10 years.

Reform UK candidate for Coatbridge and Chryston.

Fife councillor for Cowdenbeath ward since 2017.

SNP councillor for Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay. Convener of South West Fife area committee. Senior environmental consultant specialising in flood risk.

Two decades of experience in the voluntary sector supporting communities and championing social justice. Grew up in Kirkcaldy, lives in Burntisland.

Fife councillor for Dunfermline South. Lib Dem group leader on Fife Council. Secured school funding increases and a new leisure facility.

Reform UK candidate for Cowdenbeath.

Labour councillor for Cumbernauld South on North Lanarkshire Council, elected 2022.

MSP since 2007 for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth. Has held multiple ministerial roles including Minister for Independence and Minister for Higher and Further Education.

Conservative and Unionist Party candidate for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth.

Reform UK candidate for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth.

Liberal Democrats candidate for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth.

Liberal Democrats candidate for Cunninghame North.

One of Scotland's longest-serving MSPs, in parliament since 1999. Convener of the Finance and Public Administration Committee. Won Cunninghame North in 2007 by just 48 votes.

Secretary of the Save Ardrossan Harbour campaign group. 20 years' experience in social care, street fundraising and horticulture.

Reform UK candidate for Cunninghame North.

North Ayrshire councillor and local butcher.

Experienced Lib Dem candidate. Has contested multiple Scottish elections since 2011 across different constituencies.

Former MP for North Ayrshire and Arran (2005-2015) and Labour MSP for West Scotland since 2021. Created Baroness Clark of Kilwinning in 2020. Shadow Minister for Community Safety.

Reform UK candidate for Cunninghame South.

Former Conservative MSP for West Scotland (2016-2021). Current Provost of Argyll and Bute. Served 38 years in the Army including commanding the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders TA.

Former MP for North Ayrshire and Arran (2015-2024). SNP Shadow Secretary of State for Housing and Attorney General Spokesperson at Westminster. Former English teacher for over 20 years.

Former Chief Petty Officer in the Royal Navy; last role as Nuclear Reactor Operator. Reform UK branch chairman for Dunbartonshire.

Worked in education for 22 years as a student welfare manager. Doubled Lib Dem vote share in Edinburgh's Craigentinny/Duddingston by-election.

Argyll and Bute councillor since 2003. Qualified accountant and director of Helensburgh Toyota. Led the Conservative group on the council.

Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party since 2020 and MSP for Dumbarton since 1999, making her the only Scottish Labour MSP to have held their constituency seat continuously since the Parliament's creation. Before entering politics she worked in local government in community economic development. She has twice served as acting leader of Scottish Labour.

West Dunbartonshire councillor for Clydebank Central since 2022.

Conservative MSP for South Scotland since 2021. Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government. Former Chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party (2022-2024). Former BBC journalist.

Deputy chairman of Reform UK Scotland. Freelance IT consultant for over 30 years based in Moffat.

Lifelong Castle Douglas resident. Solicitor and local employer.

Labour councillor for Lochar ward on Dumfries and Galloway Council. Former Prison Governor with the Scottish Prison Service.

Dumfries and Galloway councillor for Annandale North. Co-leader of Dumfries and Galloway Council. Website builder.

Operational director for children's charity Action for Children. Placed second in Arbroath and Broughty Ferry at the 2024 general election.

Angus councillor for Arbroath West since 2024 by-election. First-class degree in financial economics from Dundee University.

Reform UK candidate for Dundee City East.

Currently MP for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry. Previously MP for North East Fife (2015-2019), re-elected in 2017 by just two votes. SNP foreign affairs spokesperson and former special adviser to First Ministers Salmond and Sturgeon.

Over 20 years leading major projects in technology and telecoms. Royal Navy Reservist. Managed a youth centre for minority communities.

Conservative and Unionist Party candidate for Dundee City West.

Reform UK candidate for Dundee City West.

Briefly served as MEP for Scotland in January 2020 (four days before Brexit). Dundee councillor, welfare rights officer and organic farmer.

Labour MSP for North East Scotland since 2021. Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance. Former Dundee city councillor and adviser to Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray.

Labour Party candidate for Dunfermline.

Dunfermline-based Lib Dem activist. Campaigns on school violence, transport, and NHS access.

Reform UK candidate for Dunfermline.

Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice since 2023 and MSP for Dunfermline since 2016. A long-standing SNP member who joined the party at 16, Somerville previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills (2021-2023) and Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People (2018-2021). She worked in housing policy and public affairs before entering Parliament.

Stirling councillor for Dunblane and Bridge of Allan since 2024. 18 years working for Scottish Conservatives including Head of Office for MSPs.

Conservative MSP for South Scotland since 2016. Former international athlete who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and won gold in the 4x400m relay at the European Championships.

MSP for East Kilbride since 2021. Convener of the Social Justice and Social Security Committee. Former South Lanarkshire councillor and depute provost.

Leader of South Lanarkshire Council. Lifelong East Kilbride resident and councillor for East Kilbride Central North since 2017. Strathclyde University graduate.

Liberal Democrats candidate for East Kilbride.

Reform UK candidate for East Kilbride.

Labour MSP for South Scotland since 2021. Former MP for East Lothian (2017-2019). Convener of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee. Former primary school teacher and solicitor.

Conservative MSP for the Lothian region since 2016. Former Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport. Scottish Conservative Chief Whip (2020-2021).

Reform UK candidate for East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs.

MSP for East Lothian since 2021, the first SNP MSP for the constituency. Former Minister for Housing (2023-2025). Long-serving East Lothian councillor since 2007.

Edinburgh councillor for Inverleith since 2007. Convener of Lothian Pensions Committee. Former chartered accountant. Maths and Physics degree from St Andrews.

Liberal Democrats candidate for Eastwood.

Former Leader of the Scottish Conservatives (February-July 2020) and Deputy Leader (2011-2019) under Ruth Davidson. MSP since 2007; elected for Eastwood in 2016.

Reform UK candidate for Eastwood.

Former Scottish organiser for the Labour Party. Currently Head of Office and Research at the House of Commons.

Former MP for East Renfrewshire (2015-2017 and 2019-2024). Unseated Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy in 2015. SNP deputy Westminster leader (2020-2022) and Business Convener (2018-2023).

MSP for Edinburgh Central since 2021. Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs. Former SNP Westminster leader (2001-2017). Led party through 2014 independence referendum.

Lib Dem candidate. Party's Edinburgh focus is mainly on Northern and North Western seats. Edinburgh Central has been competitive for Lib Dems historically — they nearly won in 2007.

Reform UK candidate for Edinburgh Central.

Labour constituency candidate. New boundaries pull in areas from Edinburgh Southern (Labour territory), giving a realistic path to winning. Sarwar called for PM Starmer to resign (Feb 2026) — unusual Scottish-UK Labour tension.

Edinburgh city councillor. Also 5th on Conservative regional list. Edinburgh Central was held by Ruth Davidson (Con) from 2016-2021. Party seeking to rebuild under Russell Findlay's 'common sense' platform.

Former Scottish Green co-leader (2019-2025) and MSP for Lothian since 2021. Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity (2021-2024) under the Bute House Agreement. Former tidal energy engineer.

Writer, columnist and communications consultant. Attended Stirling University. Active in the Better Together and Remain campaigns.

Qualified teacher and fraud awareness expert. Business owner with deep East Lothian roots. Standing for Reform UK.

Edinburgh city councillor for Portobello/Craigmillar. Former Housing, Homelessness and Fair Work Convener. Led the campaign to regulate Airbnb-style short-term lets in Edinburgh.

Director of the Scottish Fabians. Head of Office to Chris Murray MP. Author of Fabian pamphlets on devolution and social security reform.

Edinburgh councillor for Portobello since 2022. Qualified teacher and former playwright. Authored 'An Agenda for School Reform in Scotland' with 23 proposals.

MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith since 2016. A former commercial lawyer, Macpherson has held a series of ministerial roles covering migration, public finance, rural affairs, and social security. He returned to government as Minister for Higher and Further Education in September 2025 after two years on the backbenches.

Reform UK candidate for Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith.

Conservative and Unionist Party candidate for Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith.

Former Middle East Manager at Chatham House and head of Saferworld's peacebuilding programme. Co-convenor of Edinburgh Greens.

Liberal Democrats candidate for Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith.

NHS doctor for over a decade. Entering politics to address systemic healthcare problems.

Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats since 2021 and MSP for Edinburgh Western since 2016. Under his leadership the party tripled its Westminster seats in 2024. Former youth worker supporting trafficked children.

Reform UK candidate for Edinburgh North Western.

Labour candidate for Edinburgh North Western. Selected in October 2025. Previously stood for election as an SNP and Alba candidate before joining Scottish Labour.

East Lothian SNP group leader and councillor since 2022. Rose through ranks to become leader of the opposition on East Lothian Council. First-time Holyrood candidate.

Scottish Conservative candidate for Edinburgh North Western.

Reform UK candidate for Edinburgh Northern.

Edinburgh city councillor. Born in Northern Ireland, lived in Edinburgh 30+ years. Serves on Transport, Education, and Edinburgh Leisure committees.

PhD graduate, qualified primary teacher, and carer for her disabled daughter. Professional caseworker focused on NHS and social care.

Edinburgh councillor and cafe owner. Education spokesman. Former pupil support assistant.

Edinburgh Green councillor and transport spokesperson. Works for Lorna Slater MSP. Previously worked on disability accessibility at Euan's Guide and Inclusion Scotland.

Edinburgh councillor for Forth ward since 2022. Environmental campaigner working at the University of Edinburgh on climate partnerships.

Edinburgh community activist who led the campaign to remove smartphones from schools.

Former Conservative Edinburgh councillor for 15 years (Southside/Newington). Former police inspector. Now standing for Reform UK.

Lawyer for 30 years, most recently a competition lawyer. Parents were lifelong Labour activists.

Edinburgh city councillor for Southside/Newington since 2022. SNP group leader on Edinburgh Council — first woman and first person of colour to lead a council group in the city. Programme Manager at Public Health Scotland.

Conservative MSP for Lothian since 2021. Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Transport. Convenor of the Education, Children and Young People Committee. Former Edinburgh councillor and NHS medical supplies business owner.

Reform UK candidate for Edinburgh Southern.

Labour MSP for Edinburgh Southern since 2016. Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Business and Fair Work. Former Accenture management consultant. Publicly disclosed his ADHD diagnosis in 2017.

Former MP for Edinburgh North and Leith (2015-2024). First SNP representative to hold that seat. Former Deputy Lord Provost of Edinburgh.

Mental health counsellor in Edinburgh working with adults and young people. Law and Politics graduate from Edinburgh University.

Edinburgh councillor for Morningside since 2022. Single mother who campaigns on women's representation in politics.

List-topper for Reform UK in the South Scotland region. Originally from Edinburgh.

First-time candidate from Gordon in the Scottish Borders. Grew up with ties to agriculture and forestry. Previously worked in hospitality and the Scottish Parliament.

Unison branch secretary standing for Labour in Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire.

Conservative MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire since 2017. Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservatives under Russell Findlay. Former party Chairwoman. Agriculture background.

Awarded MBE for services to sustainable waste management. Environmental manager and former council leader of Otley Town Council.

Over 35 years of frontline public service experience. Standing for Reform UK in Falkirk East and Linlithgow.

Conservative and Unionist Party candidate for Falkirk East and Linlithgow.

Former MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (2015-2024). SNP health spokesperson at Westminster. Former personal banking manager and West Lothian councillor from 1999.

Made homeless at age 16. Scottish Lib Dem Housing and Homelessness Spokesperson and Vice-Convenor. Campaigns on social justice.

Falkirk councillor for Upper Braes since 2022. Social worker for two decades. Has campaigned to encourage more women into politics.

Falkirk councillor for Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst since 2017. Housing spokesperson. Former joiner and building preservation specialist.

Liberal Democrats candidate for Falkirk West.

Conservative and Unionist Party candidate for Falkirk West.

Former City of Edinburgh councillor for Morningside. Former press and policy adviser at the Scottish Parliament.

Reform UK candidate for Falkirk West.

APM-qualified project manager in the aerospace sector. Served on community councils in the St Andrews area. University of St Andrews graduate.

Journalist, NHS worker and leading menopause campaigner. Named Big Issue Changemaker in 2023. Former first female Night Editor of The Scotsman.

SNP councillor for Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch. Glenrothes Area Committee convener.

Reform UK candidate for Fife North East.

Former Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats (2011-2021) and MSP for North East Fife since 2016. Former MP for Dunfermline and West Fife (2006-2010). Chief Executive of the Scottish Liberal Democrats (1997-1999).

Regional MSP for South Scotland since 2016. Registered nurse with experience at NHS Scotland and Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles. Returned to frontline nursing during COVID-19.

Conservative MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries since 2016. Convener of the Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee. Farmer and agricultural graduate.

Former First Minister of Scotland (2001-2007) and Scottish Labour leader. Implemented the smoking ban, won Glasgow's 2014 Commonwealth Games bid. Created Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale in 2010.

Reform UK candidate for Galloway and West Dumfries.

Liberal Democrats candidate for Galloway and West Dumfries.

SNP councillor for Giffnock and Thornliebank in East Renfrewshire.

Glasgow city councillor for Victoria Park since 2022. Passed the 'Get Me Home Safely' motion for safe transport for late-night hospitality workers.

Liberal Democrats candidate for Glasgow Anniesland.

Conservative MSP for Glasgow since 2021. First Hindu and first person of Indian descent elected to the Scottish Parliament. Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health. Practising NHS GP.

Reform UK candidate for Glasgow Anniesland.

Liberal Democrats candidate for Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston.

Former MP for Glasgow East (2017-2024). SNP welfare and housing spokesperson at Westminster. Youngest SNP MP when first elected at age 27.

Conservative and Unionist Party candidate for Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston.

One of Scotland's longest-serving Labour MSPs, first elected for Glasgow Kelvin in 1999. Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice. Former NUS Scotland President.

Glasgow City councillor for Shettleston. Youngest council group leader in Scotland at age 23. Defected from Conservatives to become Reform UK's first Glasgow councillor.

Leader of the Scottish Labour Party since 2021 and the first Muslim leader of a major UK political party. A Glasgow-born dentist by training, Sarwar served as MP for Glasgow Central (2010-2015) before becoming an MSP for the Glasgow region in 2016. He led Scottish Labour to its strongest Westminster result in a decade at the 2024 general election.

Reform UK candidate for Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok.

Conservative and Unionist Party candidate for Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok.

Works in the Scottish Parliament. Vice-Convenor of Glasgow Lib Dems. Postgraduate in intellectual history.

Glasgow City councillor standing as SNP candidate for Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok.

Former MP for Glasgow Central (2015-2024) who is now standing for the Scottish Parliament. During nearly a decade at Westminster, Thewliss served as SNP spokesperson on home affairs and the economy. Before entering Parliament she was a Glasgow City councillor for the Calton ward from 2007.

Chairman of Glasgow Conservative and Unionist Association.

Reform UK candidate for Glasgow Central.

Cousin of the late Charles Kennedy. Served 30 years with Strathclyde Police. Later worked as a secondary school maths teacher. Argyll and Bute councillor.

Former President of NUS Scotland (2015-2017), the first woman in the role since 2004. Head of Office for Labour MP Graeme Downie.

Glasgow city councillor for Springburn and Robroyston. Founder of Glasgow's No 1 Baby and Family Support Service charity, supporting over 8,000 families. Left Labour to join Reform UK.

MSP for Glasgow Provan since 2016. Minister for Public Finance since May 2024. Background in manufacturing engineering and international business consultancy.

British-Nigerian community advocate. Chairperson of Conservative Friends of Africa Scotland.

Liberal Democrats candidate for Glasgow Easterhouse and Springburn.

Labour MSP for Glasgow since 2021. Former MP for Glasgow North East (2017-2019). Won 'Community MSP of the Year' in 2022 for work on the drugs death crisis.

Scots Law LLB (Hons) and MSc in Political Communication from the University of Glasgow. Event Producer at Holyrood Communications.

MSP since 2007 for Glasgow. Former Modern Studies teacher. Deputy convener of the Social Justice and Social Security Committee.

Conservative and Unionist Party candidate for Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill.

Human rights activist and health advocate. Secured £8.8m funding for diabetes treatment at Diabetes Scotland. Former community councillor for Merchant City.

Politics and Social Policy student at University of Glasgow. First openly transgender person elected sabbatical officer in the university's 600-year history.

Reform UK candidate for Glasgow Southside.

Green councillor for Langside in Glasgow. Won ahead of SNP council leader Susan Aitken on first preferences in 2022. Championed feminist town planning.

MSP for Glasgow Kelvin since 2021. Minister for Equalities since May 2024. One of the first women of colour elected to the Scottish Parliament. Former primary teacher for nearly 30 years.

Liberal Democrats candidate for Glasgow Southside.

Leader of the Labour group on Glasgow City Council. Councillor for Greater Pollok since 2012. First BAME leader of Glasgow Labour group. Data analyst at BAE Systems.

Vice-Chair of Campaigns for Glasgow Conservative Association.

SNP National Secretary. Worked for late MSP Christina McKelvie. Glasgow councillor.

Conservative councillor on South Lanarkshire Council for East Kilbride South. Stood as Conservative candidate for Airdrie and Shotts at the 2024 general election.

Labour Party candidate for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse.

Reform UK candidate for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse.

Co-Founder of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance. Former director of New Economics Foundation consulting arm for over a decade.

Labour Party candidate for Inverclyde.

MSP for West Scotland since 2016. Defected from Conservatives to Lib Dems in April 2025. Former Viacom International executive. Co-Convenor of the LGBTI+ Cross-Party Group.

Leader of Reform UK Scotland since January 2026; defected from the Conservatives in December 2025. Created Baron Offord of Garvel in 2021. Former Scotland Office minister. 25-year private equity career.

MSP since 2007, representing Greenock and Inverclyde from 2016. First SNP member to win the constituency. Convener of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee.

Inverclyde-based HR consultant and former civil aviation worker. Has stood in multiple elections.

Youngest MSP elected in 2021 at age 23 for Highlands and Islands. Former Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees. Experienced homelessness as a teenager.

Brother of the Earl of Cawdor. Reform UK candidate for Inverness and Nairn.

Video game designer and Lib Dem spokesperson for culture and sport. Campaigns include securing priority housing for domestic abuse survivors.

Highland councillor for Skye since 2022. First Conservative ever elected for Skye. Leader of Conservative group on Highland Council. Crofter and St Andrews graduate.

Labour Party candidate for Inverness and Nairn.

Former civil engineer and MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (2015-2024). SNP energy and transport spokesperson at Westminster.

Reform UK candidate for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley.

Labour Party candidate for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley.

Kilmarnock Conservative councillor.

Liberal Democrats candidate for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley.

Labour MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife since 2007. Convener of the Economy and Fair Work Committee. Has held multiple shadow cabinet roles including Education and Rural Affairs.

MSP for Kirkcaldy since 2011. Former mechanical engineer who worked for British Gas, Alcan Chemicals, and Bosch Rexroth. Scout leader since 1979.

Chartered Architect from Fife. Grew up with deep roots in the area. Focus on sustainable and community-focused design.

Conservative and Unionist Party candidate for Kirkcaldy.

Reform UK candidate for Kirkcaldy.

Labour Party candidate for Mid Fife and Glenrothes.

Liberal Democrats candidate for Mid Fife and Glenrothes.

Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills since 2023 and MSP for Mid Fife and Glenrothes since 2016. A former secondary school teacher and head of department in Fife, Gilruth previously served as Minister for Culture (2020-2022) and Minister for Transport (2022-2023). She brings direct classroom experience to her education brief.

Conservative and Unionist Party candidate for Mid Fife and Glenrothes.

Reform UK candidate for Mid Fife and Glenrothes.

Labour and Co-operative Party candidate for Midlothian North.

MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh since 2011. Former SNP National Treasurer. Background in international banking spanning 23 years.

Experienced Borders campaigner. Has stood for the Lib Dems since 2016. Vocal about rural communities feeling left out.

Reform UK candidate for Midlothian North.

Edinburgh city councillor for Liberton/Gilmerton for nine years. Actuary by profession. Serves on Finance and Governance committees.

Former MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (2015-2017). SNP Environment and Rural Affairs spokesperson. IT industry background.

IT professional who moved from Glasgow to the Scottish Borders. Background in newspaper advertising and IT.

Labour Party candidate for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.

Chief executive specialising in care system reform. Advised governments from New Zealand to Holyrood on children's care policy.

Former Tweeddale West councillor (2013-2017). Three-decade career in the printing business. Lives in Innerleithen.

Labour Party candidate for Moray.

Born and raised in Moray. Works in Richard Lochhead MSP's constituency office. Media and Communications graduate.

Former Conservative candidate who switched to Reform UK. Number 2 on Reform UK's Highlands and Islands regional list.

Highland councillor for the Black Isle ward. Local author. Tops the Lib Dem Highlands and Islands regional list.

Conservative MSP for Highlands and Islands since 2024. Shadow Secretary for Rural Affairs. Former police officer, missionary in Mozambique, and Moray councillor since 2017.

Labour Party candidate for Motherwell and Wishaw.

North Lanarkshire councillor for Motherwell West.

MSP since 2011 for Motherwell and Wishaw. Convener of the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee. Background in computer science.

Reform UK candidate for Motherwell and Wishaw.

Liberal Democrats candidate for Motherwell and Wishaw.

Long-serving MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar since 2007. Former Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland's Languages. Gaelic speaker with a PhD in Scots Language.

Labour Party candidate for Na h-Eileanan an Iar.

Oxford-educated teacher and education consultant from a Western Isles crofting background. Gaelic speaker and bagpiper.

Uig crofter in the Western Isles. Former Chartered Engineer in nuclear submarines. Elder in the Church of Scotland. Degrees in Theology and Mechanical Engineering.

Reform UK candidate for Na h-Eileanan an Iar.

Conservative MSP for Highlands and Islands since 2017. Shadow Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise. Originally from Orkney. Former Financial Times journalist.

Reform UK candidate for Orkney Islands.

MSP for Orkney Islands since 2007. Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament since 2021. Introduced the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill in 2024.

Labour Party candidate for Orkney Islands.

Energy officer at Orkney Housing Association. Former reporter and editor at The Orcadian. Born in Orkney. Fourth electoral bid for the SNP.

Renfrewshire councillor for Erskine and Inchinnan since 2022. Defected from Conservatives to Reform UK in February 2025.

MSP for Paisley since 2011. Former Minister for Parliamentary Business (2021-2024). Prominent campaigner for multiple sclerosis awareness.

Human rights solicitor based in Paisley. Career dedicated to holding powerful institutions to account.

Labour MSP for the West Scotland region since 2011 and the party's Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture. A Renfrewshire native, Bibby was a councillor on Renfrewshire Council before being elected to Holyrood. He previously chaired both Young Labour UK and Scottish Labour Students.

Conservative and Unionist Party candidate for Paisley.

Labour Party candidate for Perthshire North.

Liberal Democrat councillor for Strathtay ward, Perth and Kinross Council since 2022. Party spokesperson for Agriculture and Remote Communities. Runs Perthshire businesses.

First Minister of Scotland since May 2024 and leader of the SNP. A veteran of Scottish politics, Swinney has been an MSP since 1999 and previously served as SNP leader (2000-2004), Deputy First Minister (2014-2023), and Cabinet Secretary for Finance. He is one of the longest-serving members of the Scottish Parliament.

Reform UK candidate for Perthshire North.

One of the longest-serving Conservative MSPs, Fraser has represented the Mid Scotland and Fife region since 2001. A solicitor by background, he served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservatives (2005-2011) and was a candidate in the 2011 and 2024 party leadership elections. He currently serves as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Business, Economic Growth and Tourism.

Retired teacher of 30 years. Full-time carer for her son with complex disabilities. Volunteers for Rainbows, Guides, and anti-poverty charities.

Reform UK's Scottish spokesperson. Former veterinary surgeon turned environmental public affairs professional. Tops the Mid Scotland and Fife regional list.

MSP for Perthshire South and Kinross-shire since 2021. Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity since February 2024. Hill farmer who founded Perth Farmers' Market in 1996.

Labour Party candidate for Perthshire South and Kinross-shire.

Conservative MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife since 2022. Shadow Minister for Children, Young People and the Promise. Former Perth and Kinross councillor. First MSP to swear allegiance to King Charles III.

Software engineer in financial services in Glasgow for eight years. Youth group leader. Campaigned to save local banking services and a veterans' care home.

Conservative and Unionist Party candidate for Renfrewshire North and Cardonald.

Renfrewshire councillor for Erskine and Inchinnan since 2017. NHS nurse with 20 years' experience. Convener of Infrastructure, Land and Environment Board.

Labour Party candidate for Renfrewshire North and Cardonald.

Reform UK candidate for Renfrewshire North and Cardonald.

East Renfrewshire Conservative activist. Has contested several local council elections.

Renfrewshire councillor for Renfrew North and Braehead since 2022. First Scottish Labour councillor to defect to Reform UK. Former chair of Glasgow University Labour Club.

Labour and Co-operative Party candidate for Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley.

Former Lib Dem professional campaign organiser through four parliamentary elections. Biologist by training.

MSP for Renfrewshire South since 2016. Minister for Social Care and Mental Wellbeing since June 2025. Previously Minister for Public Finance (2021-2025). Trained musician.

Reform UK candidate for Rutherglen and Cambuslang.

Conservative MSP for Glasgow since 2016. Former Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservatives. Held spokesperson roles for Equalities and Mental Health. Former Marks & Spencer retail manager.

MSP for Rutherglen since 2016. Former Minister for Mental Health (2018-2021) and Minister for Children and Young People (2021-2023). Trained mental health nurse.

Labour MSP for Central Scotland since 2016. Legislated the Period Products Act 2021, making Scotland the first country to guarantee free access to period products. Contested the 2021 Scottish Labour leadership.

Liberal Democrats candidate for Rutherglen and Cambuslang.

Green councillor for Shetland South on Shetland Islands Council since 2022. Achieved nearly 10% of the vote in Orkney and Shetland at the 2024 general election.

21-year-old Aberdeen University student from Shetland. Youngest Conservative constituency candidate.

Leader of Shetland Islands Council. Won LGIU Councillor Award for Leader of the Year 2024. First joined the council in 2017.

Shetland-born energy professional. Worked for Norwegian company Equinor for 11 years in oil, gas, renewables and carbon capture. Proposes a Shetland Energy Act.

Labour Party candidate for Shetland Islands.

Reform UK candidate for Shetland Islands.

Highland councillor for Fort William and Ardnamurchan. Won 2024 by-election with 58.9% of first preferences. Ran Kinlochleven post office for 17 years.

Fluent Gaelic speaker and traditional musician with a background in media and politics. Selected after Kate Forbes stepped down.

Highland councillor for Aird and Loch Ness since 2022. Former lawyer. Led community opposition to renewable energy planning processes.

Labour Party candidate for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.

Reform UK candidate for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.

Former commercial lawyer who served as Scotland's MEP for 15 years (2004-2019) before becoming MP for Stirling (2019-2024).

Senior project manager with public and private sector experience. Volunteered to re-home rough sleepers during Covid. Mentors disadvantaged children.

Labour Party candidate for Stirling.

Reform UK candidate for Stirling.

Conservative MSP for Central Scotland since 2021. Former MP for Stirling (2017-2019). Currently Chief Whip of the Scottish Conservative group. Former Convener of the Education Committee.

Former charity campaigner for cystic fibrosis patients' access to life-saving medicines. Leading the Lib Dem West Scotland regional list.

Labour Party candidate for Strathkelvin and Bearsden.

North Lanarkshire councillor for Kilsyth and the Villages. Assistant pub manager.

Chairwoman of the Scottish Iraqi Association. Moved to Scotland from Iraq 30 years ago. Has stood for Labour and the Conservatives before joining Reform UK.

Conservative MSP for West Scotland since 2021. First Sikh and first woman of Indian background elected to the Scottish Parliament. Promoting a Members' Bill on domestic abuse prevention.

Liberal Democrats candidate for Uddingston and Bellshill.

Reform UK candidate for Uddingston and Bellshill.

Labour MSP for Central Scotland since 2011. Was the youngest MSP in history at election aged 25. Former North Lanarkshire councillor and trained mechanical engineer.

Conservative MSP for the Central Scotland region since 2021 and one of the party's younger representatives in Holyrood. Before entering Parliament, Gallacher served as a councillor on North Lanarkshire Council and as the Conservative group leader there. She served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservatives (2022-2024) and was a candidate in the 2024 leadership election.

Former MP for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill (2019-2024). SNP agriculture and environment spokesperson. Former North Lanarkshire councillor from 2015.