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

Labour Party candidate for Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine.

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

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

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

Labour Party candidate for Airdrie.

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.

Labour Party candidate for Angus North and Mearns.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Labour Party candidate for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse.

Labour Party candidate for Inverclyde.

Labour Party candidate for Inverness and Nairn.

Labour Party 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.

Labour Party candidate for Mid Fife and Glenrothes.

Labour and Co-operative Party candidate for Midlothian North.

Labour Party candidate for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.

Labour Party candidate for Moray.

Labour Party candidate for Motherwell and Wishaw.

Labour Party candidate for Na h-Eileanan an Iar.

Labour Party candidate for Orkney Islands.

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.

Labour Party candidate for Perthshire North.

Labour Party candidate for Perthshire South and Kinross-shire.

Labour Party candidate for Renfrewshire North and Cardonald.

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

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.

Labour Party candidate for Shetland Islands.

Labour Party candidate for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.

Labour Party candidate for Stirling.

Labour Party candidate for Strathkelvin and Bearsden.

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.