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Dumfriesshire constituency

Statement of Persons Nominated

A poll will be held on Thursday 7 May 2026 between 7am and 10pm.

The following candidates have been validly nominated for election as a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Dumfriesshire constituency.

Candidates are listed in alphabetical order by surname.

• Paul Adkins, Scottish Common Party
• Linda Jane Dorward, Scottish Labour Party
• Craig Hoy, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
• David Kirkwood, Reform UK
• Iain William McDonald, Scottish Liberal Democrats
• Stephen Thompson, Scottish National Party (SNP)

Spoken ballot paper

An audio version of the ballot paper is available for this constituency:

Spoken ballot paper – Dumfriesshire constituency 

How to vote

Galloway and West Dumfries constituency

Statement of Persons Nominated

A poll will be held on Thursday 7 May 2026 between 7am and 10pm.

The following candidates have been validly nominated for election as a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Galloway and West Dumfries constituency.

Candidates are listed in alphabetical order by surname.

• Senga Beresford, Reform UK
• Finlay Carson, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
• Emma Harper, Scottish National Party (SNP)
• Jack McConnel, Scottish Labour Party
• Tracey Warman, Scottish Liberal Democrats

Spoken ballot paper

An audio version of the ballot paper is available for this constituency:

Spoken ballot paper – Galloway and West Dumfries constituency

How to vote

South Scotland Region 

Statement of persons and parties nominated

A poll will be held on Thursday 7 May 2026 between 7am and 10pm.

The following parties and individuals have been validly nominated for election as Members of the Scottish Parliament for the South Scotland region.

Parties are listed in alphabetical order.
Candidates appear in the order provided on each party’s list.

Alliance to Liberate Scotland

1. Terry Howson
2. Garry Campbell McClay
3. Yvonne Lazenbury
4. Maureen Johnston
5. Marjorie Ellis Thompson

Independent Green Voice

1. Maxwell Morrison Dunbar

Reform UK

1. Jamie Langan
2. David Kirkwood
3. Senga Beresford
4. Dr Tim Kelly
5. Carolyn Grant
6. Dan Clarke
7. John McNamee
8. Andrew Fleming Russell
9. Andrew Scott
10. Anne Millar

Scottish Alliance for Democracy and Freedom

1. David Ballantine
2. Glen Maney

Scottish Common Party

1. Paul Adkins
2. Muhammad Tufail

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

1. Rachael Hamilton
2. Craig Hoy
3. Finlay Carson
4. Sharon Dowey
5. Brian Whittle
6. Keith Cockburn
7. Julie Pirone
8. James Adams
9. Tracey Clark

Scottish Family Party

1. Gareth Kirk
2. Hamish Neil Goldie‑Scot
3. Laura Jane Shell
4. Josh‑Lee James Witherspoon

Scottish Green Party

1. Laura Moodie
2. Ann McGuinness
3. Dominic Ashmole
4. Neil Mackinnon
5. Barbra Harvie
6. Cameron Garrett
7. Tim Clancy
8. Thomas Kerr
9. Korin Matthew Vallance

Scottish Heritage Party

1. David Philip Griffiths
2. Gisele Skinner
3. Elspeth Margaret Lindsay Griffiths
4. Charles David McEwan

Scottish Labour Party

1. Carol Mochan
2. Joe Fagan
3. Linda Dorward
4. Ewan MacPhee
5. Lynsey Hamilton
6. Daniel Coleman
7. Kaymarie Hughes
8. Davy Russell
9. Brian McGinley
10. Jack McConnel

Scottish Liberal Democrats

1. Duncan Angus Melville Dunlop
2. Ray Georgeson
3. Aisha Mir
4. Richard John Brodie
5. Charlotte Sureyya Sayre Olcay
6. Michael Gregori
7. Tracey Warman

Scottish Libertarian Party

1. Daniel Fraser

Scottish National Party (SNP)

1. Mairi McAllan
2. Alan Brown
3. Emma Harper
4. Siobhian Brown
5. Katie Hagmann
6. John Redpath
7. Collette Stevenson
8. Stephen Thompson
9. Alex Kerr
10. Allan Dorans
11. Kirsty Campbell
12. Ross Clark

Scottish Socialist Party

1. Mark Sands
2. Zoë Greenan
3. Alex Creel

UK Independence Party (UKIP)

1. Janice Mackay
2. Laurie James Steele
3. Robert Bilcliff
4. Gail Bilcliff
5. Colin Sullivan

Individual regional candidates

The following individuals have been validly nominated as individual regional candidates.

• Sean Davis, Independent
• Denise Sommerville, Independent

Spoken ballot paper

An audio version of the regional ballot paper is available:

Spoken ballot paper – South Scotland Region

How to vote