

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


Karen Adam
SNP
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

James Adams
Conservatives
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER
Aberdeenshire East


Gillian Martin
SNP
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Douglas Lumsden
Conservatives
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

David Evans
Liberal Democrats
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Janine Langler
Labour
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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


Fatima Joji
SNP
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Alexander Burnett
Conservatives
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Jeff Goodhall
Liberal Democrats
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Kate Blake
Labour
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
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

Liam Kerr
Conservatives
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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
Candidate is yet to respond to CNER

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
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




