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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: 

1. Begin building Buchan Rail within this Parliamentary Session

3. Approve new stations for Cove Bay and Newtonhill

2. Ensure Aberdeen to Central Belt upgrades are completed

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

Aberdeenshire East

Aberdeenshire West

Aberdeen Deeside & Kincardine

Aberdeen Central

Aberdeen Donside

Angus North & Mearns

Or click to see the Regional Lists

Banffshire and Buchan Coast

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Karen Adam

SNP

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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James Adams

Conservatives

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Leslie Tarr

Liberal Democrats

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Brooke Ritchie

Labour

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Conrad Ritchie

Reform UK

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Aberdeenshire East

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Gillian Martin

SNP

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Douglas Lumsden

Conservatives

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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David Evans

Liberal Democrats

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Janine Langler

Labour

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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John Crawley

Reform UK

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Aberdeenshire West

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Fatima Joji

SNP

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Alexander Burnett

Conservatives

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Jeff Goodhall

Liberal Democrats

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Kate Blake

Labour

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Jo Hart

Reform UK

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Aberdeen Deeside & North Kincardine

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Stephen Flynn

SNP

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Liam Kerr

Conservatives

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Mel Sullivan

Liberal Democrats

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Matthew Lee

Labour

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Duncan Massey

Reform UK

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Aberdeen Donside

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Jackie Dunbar

SNP

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Hannah Powell

Conservatives

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Michael Turvey

Liberal Democrats

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Lynn Thomson

Labour

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Claudia Leith

Reform UK

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Aberdeen Central

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Jack Middleton

SNP

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Stewart Whyte

Conservatives

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Yi-Pei Turvey

Liberal Democrats

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Jenny Laing

Labour

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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James Wyllie

Reform UK

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Angus North & Mearns

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Dawn Black

SNP

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Tracey Smith

Conservatives

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Martyn Knights

Liberal Democrats

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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Simon Watson

Labour

Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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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.

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Stephen Flynn

Liam Kerr

Yi-Pei Chou Turvey

Michael Marra

Duncan Massey

Gillian Martin

Douglas Lumsden

Michael Turvey

Heather Doran

Mark Simpson

Fatima Joji

Alexander Burnett

Tanvir Ahmad

Lynn Thomson

Claudia Leith

Christian Allard

James Adams

Jeff Goodhall

Cheryl-Ann Cruickhank

Jo Hart

Dawn Black

Stewart Whyte

Mel Sullivan

Simon Watson

Conrad Ritchie

Miranda Radley

Hannah Powell

Martyn Knights

Kate Blake

John Crawley

Michael Hutchison

Tracey Smith

David Evans

Matthew Lee

Laurie Carnie

Jack Cruickshanks

Abi Brooks

Janine Langler

Arthur Keith

Brooke Ritchie

Bill Reid

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Maggie Chapman

Esme Houston

William Linegar

Sylvia Hardie

Charlotte Horne

Remi Salvan

Fahd Asif

Gordon Miller

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