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"As I argue in my latest book, the route to Fraserburgh should have been rationalised and developed as a key link for Buchan. Today, a new railway to Peterhead and Fraserburgh should be Scotland’s top-priority rail re-opening."
- David Spaven, author, transport consultant and rail industry expert.
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2026 Scottish Parliament Election
CNER are fighting May's 2026 Scottish Parliament election across seven of the ten constituencies that make up the North East Scotland Region. MSPs elected from these constituencies will represent the people for which these rail improvements will have the greatest impact. Therefore, we are asking each candidate standing in this election in these constituencies to pledge to represent this campaign and it's supporters by doing everything in their power if elected to:
These goals are realistic within the time period of the next 5 year session of parliament. Candidates for the main parties in each of the 7 constituencies will be asked to sign up to this pledge, and will be given the opportunity to provide a quote to express their thoughts on our campaign's proposal. You can find these below. All we ask is that when you are considering who you will vote for on May 7th, check in here, we'd appreciate if you made sure your preferred candidate backs the rail improvements we need in the North East.
Click on your constituency below to see your candidates
Banffshire and Buchan Coast


Karen Adam
SNP

James Adams
Conservatives
James Adams has endorsed CNER and backed our pledge.
Click to read what James said in his own words.

Leslie Tarr
Liberal Democrats
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Brooke Ritchie
Labour
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Conrad Ritchie
Reform UK
Aberdeenshire East

Gillian Martin
SNP




Douglas Lumsden
Conservatives
David Evans
Liberal Democrats
Janine Langler
Labour
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

John Crawley
Reform UK
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER
Aberdeenshire West

Fatima Joji
SNP




Alexander Burnett
Conservatives
Jeff Goodhall
Liberal Democrats
Kate Blake
Labour
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Jo Hart
Reform UK
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER
Aberdeen Deeside & North Kincardine


Stephen Flynn
SNP

Liam Kerr
Conservatives

Mel Sullivan
Liberal Democrats
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Matthew Lee
Labour
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Duncan Massey
Reform UK
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER
Aberdeen Donside


Jackie Dunbar
SNP

Hannah Powell
Conservatives
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Michael Turvey
Liberal Democrats
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Lynn Thomson
Labour
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Claudia Leith
Reform UK
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER
Aberdeen Central


Jack Middleton
SNP

Stewart Whyte
Conservatives
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Yi-Pei Turvey
Liberal Democrats
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Jenny Laing
Labour
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

James Wyllie
Reform UK
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER
Angus North & Mearns


Dawn Black
SNP

Tracey Smith
Conservatives
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Martyn Knights
Liberal Democrats
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Simon Watson
Labour
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Laurie Carnie
Reform UK
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER
North East Scotland Regional Lists
In elections for the Scottish Parliament, the regional list is the part that uses your second vote to make the overall result more representative. Instead of voting for an individual person here, you vote for a political party. Each party puts forward a ranked list of candidates for that region.
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Below you will find a list of candidates by party in the North East Regional List.
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Candidates which have backed the CNER pledge are marked with a tick, click on the name to see what the candidate said about CNER's campaign and our goals.



Stephen Flynn
Yi-Pei Chou Turvey
Christian Allard
Michael Turvey
Tanvir Ahmad
Jeff Goodhall
Stewart Whyte
Mel Sullivan
Miranda Radley
Hannah Powell
Martyn Knights
Michael Hutchison
Tracey Smith
David Evans
Jack Cruickshanks
Abi Brooks
Michael Marra
Heather Doran
Lynn Thomson
Cheryl-Ann Cruickshank
Simon Watson
Kate Blake
Matthew Lee
Janine Langler
Brooke Ritchie

Duncan Massey
Mark Simpson
Claudia Leith
Jo Hart
John Crawley
Laurie Carnie
Arthur Keith
Bill Reid

