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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.

Standing for Labour in Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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 May 2021, winning the seat after her predecessor Mark McDonald stood down. Born in Peterhead and educated in Elgin, she served as an Aberdeen City councillor for the Northfield ward from 2007 and was deputy leader of the SNP group on the council.

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

17 years in the energy sector specialising in North East oil and gas. Lives in a small community between Stonehaven and Banchory. Standing in Aberdeen Donside alongside his wife Yi-Pei Chou-Turvey (Lib Dem candidate elsewhere in the North East).

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 the late 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.

Aberdeenshire councillor since 2022 with a varied career across Royal Navy service (1975-1987), financial services, property and a power-cleaning business. Standing for Reform UK in Aberdeenshire East.

Conservative MSP for Aberdeenshire West since 2016. Former Scottish Conservative Chief Whip and Vice-Chairman for campaigning (2022-2025); Tim Eagle has held the role since September 2025. 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.

Former nurse and midwife now working as a health and wellness coach, living in Aberdeenshire. Reform UK candidate for Aberdeenshire West with a particular focus on farming and fishing concerns.

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 Scottish 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).

Standing for Labour Party in Airdrie. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs since 2023 and MSP for Almond Valley since 2011 (previously MSP for Livingston from 2007 to 2011, before the Almond Valley constituency was created). 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.

Standing for Reform UK in Almond Valley. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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

Aberdeenshire councillor with over 40 years of life and experience in North Angus and the Mearns. Previously stood for the Conservatives in the Mearns ward in 2022, and now standing for Reform UK in Angus North and Mearns with a focus on rural communities and animal welfare.

Standing for the Scottish Liberal Democrats in Angus North and Mearns. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

Standing for Labour Party in Angus North and Mearns. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Brought up on a farm in Angus and trained at agricultural college before joining the Army, where he served as a surveyor and retired as a Regimental Sergeant Major. After leaving the military he retrained and worked in London's finance sector, then ran his own business in Manchester before returning to Scotland.

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.

Standing for the Scottish Conservatives in Banffshire and Buchan Coast. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Standing for the Scottish Liberal Democrats in Banffshire and Buchan Coast. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Peter Heggie is a Scottish Conservative councillor for Livingston South on West Lothian Council and serves as the council's Depute Provost. He has stood in Livingston South in 2017, 2022 and is also on the Central Scotland and Lothians West Tory regional list for 2026.

Standing for Liberal Democrats in Bathgate. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Dr Steven Welsh is a retired NHS Consultant Psychiatrist who worked with Caithness and Sutherland NHS Trust from 1996 and with NHS Western Isles from 2007 until his 2015 retirement. He stood for the Scottish Family Party in Na h-Eileanan an Iar at the 2024 UK general election (388 votes, 7th of 8) before joining Reform UK.

Postal worker who previously stood as Reform UK candidate for Paisley and Renfrewshire North at the 2024 UK general election, where he came third with 3,228 votes. His stated priorities are lower income taxes, NHS reform and scrapping net zero.

Labour MSP for South Scotland since May 2021. A registered dietician for 17 years in the NHS before entering politics, she grew up in Ayrshire and attended Auchinleck Academy. She serves as Scottish Labour's Shadow Minister for Mental Wellbeing, Women's Health and Sport.

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.

Tracey Clark stood for the Scottish Conservatives in the 2024 Doon Valley local by-election (East Ayrshire) and is also on the Tory South Scotland regional list for 2026.

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 who says he is standing because he is 'increasingly disappointed in the calibre of our politicians' and that the SNP needs to be challenged after 19 years.

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 ward, elected in 2022. She previously stood as the Conservative candidate for Mid Dunbartonshire at the 2024 UK general election and for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

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.

Long-standing Labour candidate in East Dunbartonshire, having stood for the Westminster seat at the 2017 and 2019 UK general elections and for Strathkelvin and Bearsden at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. He was also a candidate in Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South at the 2022 East Dunbartonshire council election.

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

British Army veteran raised in the south of Scotland who served with Scottish regiments before a career as a Senior Operations Manager with a cruise company. Standing for Reform UK in Clydesdale on a platform opposing net zero policies and emphasising veteran support.

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.

Richard John Brodie is a Liberal Democrat councillor for Annandale South on Dumfries and Galloway Council, elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2022. He has stood in Dumfriesshire at the 2016 and 2021 Holyrood elections and is also on the Lib Dem South Scotland regional list for 2026.

Standing for the Conservative and Unionist Party in Coatbridge and Chryston. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

Standing for the Scottish Liberal Democrats in Coatbridge and Chryston. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Software industry professional with over 35 years' experience, ranging from start-ups to multinationals and now working as a freelancer. Reform UK candidate for Coatbridge and Chryston, with a 'plain-speaking, hard-working' pitch to voters.

Scottish Conservative councillor representing the Cowdenbeath ward on Fife Council since 2017. Emphasises a localist approach focused on community representation.

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.

Career in public service spanning 25 years in the British Army on operational tours around the world followed by 15 years as a Ministry of Defence civil servant, and now chairs a community group in 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.

Standing for the Scottish Conservatives in Cumbernauld and Kilsyth. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

Steven Grant holds a BSc in Physics from the University of Edinburgh and a Master's in Business from Edinburgh Napier University. He worked in IT for several decades, ending his career as a Development Manager in the public sector, and is now retired. He joined Reform UK in 2025 and is also on the party's Central Scotland and Lothians West regional list, with a campaign focus on opposing Net Zero policies.

Standing for Liberal Democrats in Cumbernauld and Kilsyth. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

Standing for the Liberal Democrats in Cunninghame North. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Qualified accountant with three Master's degrees (International Commercial Law, EuroMBA and Digital Transformation) and 35 years as an economic adviser on projects for the EU, World Bank and others. Previously stood for Reform UK in North Ayrshire and Arran at the 2024 UK general election.

Ronnie Stalker has stood for the Scottish Conservatives in North Ayrshire local elections, contesting Garnock Valley in 2022 and Dalry and West Kilbride at a 2021 by-election. He is also on the Tory West Scotland regional list for 2026.

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.

Standing for Reform UK in Cunninghame South. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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 from the North East of Scotland, campaigning for lower taxes, stronger economic growth, secure borders and an end to net zero policies he says are pushing up the cost of living.

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 Nicola Sturgeon and the late Alex Salmond.

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

Standing for the Conservative and Unionist Party in Dundee City West. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

Born in Dundee, he joined the Army at 15 as a Junior Soldier in Aberdeen and rose to Regimental Sergeant Major of 1st Battalion The Black Watch. After leaving the military he worked as a security professional in conflict zones from 2005 to 2015 and now runs a small soft-services facilities management business. He previously stood as an All for Unity candidate for North East Scotland in 2021.

Liberal Democrat candidate for Dundee City West who says he is standing 'to give the residents of Dundee City West a new voice instead of the same old one trick ponies'. Campaigning on healthcare, the cost of living, infrastructure and education.

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.

Standing for Labour in Dunfermline. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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

Otto Inglis runs his own business near Edinburgh Airport and qualified as a lawyer in England, working as a welfare rights lawyer and asylum caseworker. He has previously stood for UKIP and Reform UK at Westminster, Holyrood and European elections, including Edinburgh West in 2024. He is also on the Reform UK Mid Scotland and Fife regional list.

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 May 2021. Raised in East Kilbride and a University of the West of Scotland business graduate, she served as a South Lanarkshire councillor for East Kilbride Central South from 2017 and was depute provost before entering Holyrood.

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

Standing for the Scottish Liberal Democrats in East Kilbride. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

Tim Kelly is an emergency-medicine doctor with around 15 years of frontline NHS experience in Scotland and a diploma in Mountain Medicine. Originally from Wales, he is also a small business owner and has worked in international development. He is also on the Reform UK South Scotland regional list.

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 regional MSP for the Lothian region since 2016. Born in Preston and raised in Perthshire, he was educated at Robert Gordon University before entering politics. He previously served as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport and as Scottish Conservative Chief Whip.

Reform UK candidate for East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs with 26 years building businesses and a background in IT and AI, plus experience in environmental and energy projects and agricultural work. Priorities include tax cuts and devolution.

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.

Standing for the Scottish Liberal Democrats in Eastwood. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Retired research scientist living in Clydebank with his wife and adult daughter. Served for ten years as a Labour councillor in West Dunbartonshire before standing for Reform UK in 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. MP for Moray (2001-2017) and SNP Westminster leader (2007-2017). 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.

International sales professional with over 30 years' experience in building relationships, negotiating complex deals and leading cross-cultural teams. Reform UK candidate for Edinburgh Central, having previously contested Edinburgh's Fountainbridge and Craiglockhart ward.

Standing for Labour in Edinburgh Central. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

Edinburgh city councillor standing for Edinburgh Central. Also 5th on the Conservative Lothian regional list.

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. Spent his formative years in the area, attending Duddingston Primary and Portobello High, and has worked in hospitality, retail, education and funeral services. Currently self-employed; married with two teenage daughters.

Standing for the Scottish Conservatives in Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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

Former teacher and now CEO of a charity supporting homeless young people. Liberal Democrat candidate for Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith, having also stood in Spennymoor, County Durham at the 2025 local elections.

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. Led Scottish Lib Dems to gain two Westminster seats in 2024 (from 4 to 6). Former youth worker supporting trafficked children.

Retired police officer with nearly 30 years' experience, much of it as a detective dealing with serious and organised crime. Since retiring in 2016 has served as a community councillor and works as an independent driving instructor.

Standing for Labour in Edinburgh North Western. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Standing for Conservative and Unionist Party in Edinburgh North Western. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

Born and raised in Ontario, Canada, he studied Film Production and Screenwriting at York University in Toronto and has lived in Edinburgh for seven years. He works as a Pupil Support Assistant at a local primary school and is an elected Unison shop steward.

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.

A second-generation immigrant whose parents moved to the UK from the West Indies in the 1960s, he trained as an apprentice and qualified engineer and is self-employed running a technical engineering consultancy. A former Labour voter, he moved to Scotland in 2023 with his Scottish wife.

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.

Standing for the Scottish Conservatives in Falkirk East and Linlithgow. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Standing for the Scottish Liberal Democrats in Falkirk West. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

Standing for the Scottish Conservatives in Falkirk West. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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

Richard Fairley grew up on a farm near Falkirk and has run the family farm business since his father's death in 2018, diversifying into prefabricated buildings and stabling. He stood for Reform UK in Alloa and Grangemouth at the 2024 UK general election (3rd, 3,804 votes) and is also on the Central Scotland and Lothians West regional list.

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.

William Docherty has stood repeatedly for Reform UK in Stirling council by-elections, contesting Stirling East in 2024 and 2025 and Bannockburn in 2025 before this Holyrood candidacy.

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 diplomat who worked across four continents in three languages, with community organising experience including establishing a church food bank and helping secure 115 cooperative homes. Standing for Scottish Labour in Galloway and West Dumfries.

Senga Beresford has lived in Dumfries and Galloway her whole life and has more than 25 years of small-business management experience. She is a married mother of four and is also on the Reform UK South Scotland regional list.

Tracey Warman lives in Dumfries and Galloway and worked in finance for 33 years before taking early retirement in 2019. She now works as a relief dairy worker, runs an Airbnb and has recently been elected to her local Community Council. She joined the Lib Dems in 2011 and is also on the South Scotland regional list.

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.

Standing for the Scottish Liberal Democrats in Glasgow Anniesland. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Sean O'Hagan is a law student who grew up in foster care after being taken into the system at age six. His campaign draws on lived experience of poverty, family addiction and Scotland's drug-deaths crisis. He is also on the Reform UK Glasgow regional list.

Glasgow Liberal Democrat candidate who describes herself as a "lifelong Liberal" and a local campaigner. Her campaign focuses on rising household bills, GP wait times and educational standards. She also stands at position 6 on the Lib Dem Glasgow regional list.

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

Standing for the Scottish Conservatives in Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Solicitor educated to masters level at Edinburgh and Glasgow universities, with a career in private practice and at an environmental regulator working on pollution control legislation. Currently manages operations at the SEC Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway. Previously a Conservative council candidate in Glasgow's Newlands/Auldburn ward in 2022.

Standing for the Scottish Conservatives in Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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

Zen Ghani is the SNP councillor for Pollokshields ward on Glasgow City Council, elected in 2022. He is also on the SNP Glasgow regional list. As a councillor he has worked on local sports-pitch upgrades in East Pollokshields and on community-safety issues including fireworks controls.

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 Treasury. Before entering Parliament she was a Glasgow City councillor for the Calton ward from 2007.

Chairman of Glasgow Conservative and Unionist Association.

Standing for Reform UK in Glasgow Central. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Standing for the Scottish Liberal Democrats in Glasgow Easterhouse and Springburn. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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 for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn since 2016, having previously served as a regional MSP for Glasgow from 2007. A former Modern Studies teacher of ten years, Doris was educated at the University of Glasgow and St Andrew's Teaching College. Deputy convener of the Social Justice and Social Security Committee.

Standing for the Scottish Conservatives in Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Standing for Labour in Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

Retired Chartered Accountant who has lived in Glasgow for most of his adult life and served on his local Community Council for 15 years. Standing for Reform UK in 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.

Standing for Liberal Democrats in Glasgow Southside. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Senior Policy Manager at Logistics UK with over eight years of experience in policy and public affairs across the Scottish and UK parliaments. Holds an MSc in Global Challenges from the University of Edinburgh and a BA in British Politics and Legislative Studies from the University of Hull. She specialises in net zero and modal shift policy in transport and logistics.

Labour MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse since June 2025, elected at the by-election triggered by the death of Christina McKelvie. Raised in the South Lanarkshire mining village of Quarter.

Hamilton-born qualified Social Worker and University of St Andrews graduate, and former Chairman of the Hamilton Area on South Lanarkshire Council. Standing for Reform UK in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse.

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

Standing for Labour in Inverclyde. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Reform UK candidate for Inverness and Nairn whose stated work experience covers architecture, teaching and writing novels. Lists policy priorities of the economy, education and housing, with a focus on community-integrated development and reducing taxpayer waste.

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.

Shaun Alexander Fraser is an Inverness-born self-employed artist and former homelessness prevention worker for the local charity New Start Highland. He stood for Labour in Na h-Eileanan an Iar at Holyrood 2021 (2nd of 5) and on the Highlands and Islands regional list, and in Highland Council local elections in 2017 and 2022.

Born and raised in Kilmarnock, he is a civil engineering graduate of the University of Glasgow who served as MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 2015 to 2024, acting as SNP spokesperson on Energy and Climate Change at Westminster. He stood as an East Ayrshire councillor for Irvine Valley from 2007.

Born and educated in Kilmarnock, she graduated with honours from the University of Glasgow, qualified as a solicitor and spent over twenty years as a principal in private practice. She joined Reform UK in December 2024 after retiring, and has volunteered teaching English as a foreign language internationally and on her local community council.

Standing for Labour in Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

Standing for the Scottish Conservatives in Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

Liberal Democrat candidate for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley focused on healthcare, education, climate action and local decision-making, pitching himself as 'a strong, accessible representative who listens and acts'.

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, when he defeated the incumbent Labour MSP to take the seat for the SNP for the first time. Born in Kirkcaldy and a former mechanical engineer at British Gas, Alcan Chemicals and Bosch Rexroth, he served on Fife Council from 1995 until his election to Holyrood.

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

Standing for the Scottish Conservatives in Kirkcaldy. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

Local councillor representing Burntisland, Kinghorn, Western Kirkcaldy and Auchtertool since May 2022, with a working-class Burntisland background and prior careers in hospitality, travel and tourism, property and public service.

Standing for the Labour Party in Mid Fife and Glenrothes. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

Standing for the Scottish Liberal Democrats in Mid Fife and Glenrothes. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Standing for the Scottish Conservatives in Mid Fife and Glenrothes. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

Sacha Haworth describes a background in community service work, including cleaning community centres and retail roles before pursuing academia and politics. The campaign emphasises the values of family, community and country and is critical of the SNP and Labour record in the constituency.

Senior parliamentary advisor to Mark Griffin MSP, with a professional background in housing policy. She has previously worked as a constituency assistant to Jayne Baxter MSP and as a senior researcher in Scottish Labour's Central Policy Unit, and is a parent raising children in Midlothian.

MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh since 2011 and former SNP National Treasurer. Originally from Forfar, he spent 23 years in international banking across the Middle East and Asia before entering politics. Elected to Midlothian Council in 2007, where he led the SNP group before becoming an MSP.

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

Pal Chidambaram is an investment and financial management professional who has previously worked as an economic policy advisor at the Bank of England. He is also on the Reform UK Edinburgh and Lothians East regional list.

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.

Economist standing for Labour in Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale. Says voters across the constituency raise concerns about GP access, potholes, public transport and care for older people, and credits Labour policies with giving his family the security to attend university.

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.

Tree surgeon based in Moray standing for Scottish Labour. Says he wants the Scottish Government to use the full powers of devolution across taxation, land reform and public ownership of renewables, with priorities on better public services, climate action and fairer wealth distribution.

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 former Moray councillor (2017-2022).

Councillor on North Lanarkshire Council and founder of the Health and Wellness Hub, a Motherwell-based social enterprise she set up in 2012. She has chaired the North Lanarkshire Integration Joint Board and the council's Community and Voluntary Sector Partnership group, and was named in the WISE 100 list of Women in Social Enterprise in 2019.

Conservative councillor on North Lanarkshire Council for the Wishaw ward, serving his second term.

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

Born and raised in Wishaw, Duncan MacMillan ran businesses across MOT garages, accounting services, financial and mortgage advice, and estate agency for over 40 years before retiring in 2021. He joined Reform UK in August 2024.

Standing for the Scottish Liberal Democrats in Motherwell and Wishaw. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Standing for Labour in Na h-Eileanan an Iar. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Eldest of eleven siblings raised on a smallholding near Aberfeldy who moved to Lewis in 1994. Career in horticulture and as a foster carer, with involvement in local committees, music, crofting and the local church.

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

Construction sector consultant for 20 years specialising in underground structures and deep foundations, with work on Thames Tideway, Crossrail, HS2 and Sizewell C. Joined Reform UK in October 2024 and became interim Chair of its Highlands and Islands branch in May 2025.

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.

Standing for Labour in Orkney Islands. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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 and former Minister for Parliamentary Business (2021-2024). Elected a Renfrewshire councillor for Paisley South in 2007, he served as SNP Chief Whip from 2018 before entering government. A lifelong St Mirren supporter, he helped lead the 2016 fan takeover of the club.

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.

Satbir Gill stood for the Conservatives in the 2024 UK general election in Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch, polling 1,939 votes (4th of 6), and contested a 2025 East Dunbartonshire council by-election in Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar.

Standing for the Labour Party in Perthshire North. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Qualified Rural Chartered Surveyor, Agricultural Valuer and Project Manager with over 25 years' experience across estates, civil service, third sector and energy. Born in rural Ayrshire, lives in rural Perthshire and previously stood for Reform UK at the 2021 Holyrood and 2024 Westminster elections.

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.

Standing for Labour in Perthshire South and Kinross-shire. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Standing for the Scottish Conservatives in Renfrewshire North and Cardonald. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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

Retired consultant surgeon with over 27 years at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, standing for Scottish Labour in Renfrewshire North and Cardonald with a focus on the NHS.

Edinburgh law graduate and qualified Scottish solicitor with a career at the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (including as a District Procurator Fiscal) and on Scottish Government legislation for victims and witnesses. Lived in the Bishopton and Erskine area for over 30 years and is active on her local community council.

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 MSP for West Scotland region since 2021. Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Equalities. Now standing as the constituency 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.

Standing for Reform UK in Rutherglen and Cambuslang. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Standing for Liberal Democrats in Rutherglen and Cambuslang. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Standing for Labour in Shetland Islands. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

Vic Currie was born and raised in Edinburgh and served in the Royal Navy, including patrols of the Shetland-Faroe Islands Gap, before moving into the healthcare sector. He is also on the Reform UK Highlands and Islands regional list and campaigns on common-sense decision-making and rural and island services.

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.

Scottish Labour candidate for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch. Frames the election as a chance to choose a new direction for the Highlands and for Scotland, focusing on education standards, jobs, housing shortages and mental health services.

Retired nurse with 30 years' experience in NHS and private care who moved to Scotland in 2013. Joined Reform UK in December 2024 as Treasurer and Constituency Organiser before being selected as candidate for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch in 2025.

Former commercial lawyer and Scotland's longest-serving MEP (2004-2019) before becoming MP for Stirling (2019-2024), when he ousted incumbent Tory Stephen Kerr. A former SNP depute leader candidate, he has been selected to stand for Stirling at Holyrood as Evelyn Tweed steps down.

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

Standing for Labour in Stirling. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

Rachael Wright is an Operations Director in manufacturing with experience in the rural sector. She is also Reform UK's third-placed candidate on the Mid Scotland and Fife regional list. Her campaign focuses on protecting women and girls, community safety, local services and economic opportunity in the Stirling area.

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.

Standing for Labour in Strathkelvin and Bearsden. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

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.

Standing for the Liberal Democrats in Uddingston and Bellshill. We have not identified independent biographical sources for this candidate beyond the party listing.

Lifelong Lanarkshire resident and former RAF Aircraft Technician and Electrical Engineer standing for Reform UK in Uddingston and Bellshill. Campaigns on local connection, manufacturing, lower taxes and NHS improvement.

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.