Renfrewshire Council have released a full list of candidates hoping to win a seat at the Scottish Parliament on 5th May 2016.

The three Renfrewshire constituencies (comprising the whole of the Renfrewshire area and parts of East Renfrewshire and Inverclyde) will each elect one MSP through the first past the post voting system.

Seven candidates will be elected by proportional representation in the West of Scotland region.


Paisley
George Adam Scottish National Party (SNP)
Neil Bibby Scottish Labour Party
Paul Masterton Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Eileen McCartin Scottish Liberal Democrats

Renfrewshire North and West
Rod Ackland Scottish Liberal Democrats
Mary Fee Scottish Labour Party
Jim Halfpenny Scottish Trade Union and Socialist Coalition
Derek MacKay Scottish National Party (SNP)
Peter Morton
David Wilson Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Renfrewshire South
Tom Arthur Scottish National Party (SNP)
Tristan Gray Scottish Liberal Democrats
Ann Le Blond Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Paul O’Kane Scottish Labour Party

West of Scotland Region
RISE – RESPECT, INDEPENDENCE, SOCIALISM AND ENVIRONMENTALISM
Colin Turbett
Sandra Webster
Kieran McCallum
Lindsay Brown

SCOTTISH CHRISTIAN PARTY “PROCLAIMING CHRIST’S LORDSHIP”
Brian Lally

SCOTTISH CONSERVATIVE AND UNIONIST PARTY
Jackson Carlaw
Jamie Greene
Maurice Golden
Maurice Corry
Andrew Polson
David Wilson
Paul Masterton
Graeme Brooks
Billy McClure
Ann Le Blond

SCOTTISH GREEN PARTY
Ross Greer
Veronika Tudhope
Ciaran Roarty
Yvonne McLellan
Joshua McCormick
Fiona Clark
Ryan Paul Morrison
Sarah Anderson

SCOTTISH LABOUR PARTY
Jackie Baillie
Neil Bibby
Mary Fee
Ken Macintosh
Johanna Baxter
Joe Cullinane
Siobhan McCready
Martin McCluskey
Moira Ramage
Paul Sweeney
Gail Casey
Ben Procter

SCOTTISH LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
Katy Gordon
Ashay Ghai
Aileen Morton
Ruby Kirkwood
John Manby Watson
John William Duncan
Charity Elizabeth Pierce
Tristan Philip Pierre Gray

SCOTTISH LIBERTARIAN PARTY
Alan Findlay

SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY (SNP)
Derek Mackay
Stewart Maxwell
Kenneth Gibson
Stuart McMillan
Rona Mackay
Ian McDougall
Gil Paterson
Gail Robertson
Ruth Maguire
Qasim Hanif
Nighet Riaz

SOLIDARITY – SCOTLAND’S SOCIALIST MOVEMENT
Gail Sheridan
Garry MacLachlan
Patricia Donald
Archibald Muir Thomson
Susan Thomson

UK INDEPENDENCE PARTY (UKIP)
Sharon Marie McGonigal
Michael Burrows
Robert Malyn

By Ricky Kelly

Main writer for Renfrewshire News