Isla McCay Labour Party
Standing in Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch · Highlands and Islands region
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.
Policy Positions
Scotland's Future
Oppose independence. Focus on delivery within the UK and Scotland's strengths in the UK growth sectors. Frame the election as a choice between delivery and SNP-led constitutional distraction.
NHS & Health
End the 8am GP rush, bring back the family doctor, cut waiting times with funding following the patient, introduce an NHS app and AI scanners, and deliver £15/hr for social care workers.
Housing
Deliver 125,000 new homes by 2031 across all tenures. Build 20,000 mid-market rent homes to save tenants an average of £2,700 a year off market rents. Establish a Housing Bank and a private-rented-sector strategy (no new rent controls).
Climate & Transport
Achieve net zero by 2045 ambitions. Double home retrofits, back GB Energy and the Scottish National Investment Bank, end the block on clean nuclear energy, and deliver a fair energy transition for oil and gas workers.
Tax & Public Spending
Commit to no income tax rate rises for five years, with the ambition to lower taxes as the economy grows.
Economy & Jobs
Sustained economic growth as the route to improving living standards. Establish a Scottish Board of Trade, partner with GB Energy and the UK National Wealth Fund, and cut a third of quangos to end government waste.
Education & Childcare
Breakfast clubs in every primary school, 2,000 Education Recovery teachers and 1,500 more classroom assistants, ban mobile phones in classrooms, and top up tax-free childcare to £3,000 per child.
Social Issues
Recommit the NHS to single-sex wards on the basis of biological sex. Deliver a four-nation conversion practices ban to protect LGBT+ people. Tackle long waits for gynaecological procedures as part of a women's health plan.
Track Record
› Campaigns on education, jobs, housing and mental health services in the Highlands
› Contrasts SNP record at Holyrood with UK Labour government priorities since 2024
› Scottish Labour candidate for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch in the 2026 Scottish Parliament election