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Cllr Donald Anderson
(Not standing on Lothians list) |
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| Labour |
Donald Anderson is 43. He was the Cllr for Alnwickhill / Kaimes on Lothian Region, and has been Cllr for Kaimes in the City of Edinburgh since 1995. He spent 18 years as a medical scientist at the Blood Transfusion Centre and began his political career on Lothian Regional Council in 1986, before moving to Edinburgh City Council in 1995. He succeeded Keith Geddes as Labour leader of the City of Edinburgh Council in 1999 but stood down from that post on the 24 th August 2005 to concentrate on campaigning in Edinburgh South. He will be geting £20,000 for standing down from the Council. He is currently in charge of Tourism in the capital. He is a Board Member of VisitScotland and a member of Historic Scotland, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society, and The Assocation of Labour Councillors.
Council positions
1999 - August 2005 Leader of the City of Edinburgh Council
Recent electoral experience
2003 City of Edinburgh Council election, Kaimes, 1,281 votes (49.35 %) (elected)
1999 City of Edinburgh Council election, Kaimes, 1,679 votes (48.69 %) (elected)
1995 City of Edinburgh Council election, Kaimes, 1,419 votes (63.52 %) (elected)
1994 Lothian Regional Council election, Alnwickhill / Kaimes, 2,578 votes (46.82 %) (elected)
1990 Lothian Regional Council election, (elected)
1986 Lothian Regional Council election, (elected)
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Gavin Brown
(Also number 2 on Lothians list) |
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| Conservative & Unionist |
Gavin Brown is aged 29 and is a qualified solicitor turned entrepeneur who started his own training consultancy business. His interest in business affairs led to his appointment as Vice Chairman of Glasgow Junior Chamber of Commerce. A keen speaker, he won the World Debating Championships in Las Vagas in 2002. He is also heavily involvd in sports, holding a black belt in Tae Kwon-Do, where he is a former Scottish gold medalist.
Recent electoral experience.
2005 Westminster election, Edinburgh South, 10,291 votes (24.10 %)
2003 Scottish Parliament election, Glasgow Rutherglen, 2,499 votes (10.61 %)
2003 Scottish Parliament election, Fifth on Tory Glasgow list, 15,299 votes (7.87 %)
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Robert Holland
(Not standing on Central Scotland list) |
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| Scottish National Party |
Graham Sutherland was originally selected but had to stand down as candidate for Edinburgh South for health reasons. Robert Holland was selected as the new candidate. He is aged 34, a solicitor, and has played football for both Spartans and Edinburgh City. In addition, his father is a cousin of Lib Dem MSP Mike Pringle. Mr Holland said: ""My own view is the Labour and Lib Dem candidates are both career politicians with a background on the council and there are a lot of voters who don't want a community council at Holyrood. They want people from outside the political bubble. And my message is that a Conservative vote is a wasted vote and if people want rid of the Executive parties, the ones to vote for are the SNP."
Recent electoral experience
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Mike Pringle MSP
(Also number 1 on Lothians list) |
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| Liberal Democrat |
Mike Pringle was born on the 25 th December 1945 in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) and educated at Edinburgh University. From 1966 until 1972 he worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland then from 1974 until 1989 ran his own business TMM Ltd. Mike Pringle joined the SDP in 1982. In 1992 he won the Morningside ward of Edinburgh District Council from the Tories and was he was elected to Edinburgh City Council in 1995, 1999 and 2003. He is married with two sons. He watches rugby, supports Hearts and also collects wine. In 2003 Mike Pringle caused a sensation when he defeated ex Minister for Finance & Local Government, Angus MacKay in Edinburgh South by just 158 votes. However, the Lib Dem gain meant that they lost their seat on the Lothians list. Ironically it was the SSP who benefited from the Lib Dem victory in Edinburgh South as it allowed Colin Fox to be elected as the seventh Lothians regional MSP. In the parliament Mike Pringle is Deputy Convener of the Cross-Party Group on Tibet. In September 2006, the Scottish Parliament's Standards Committee baned him for a week from attending full sessions and committe meetings of the Parliament for leaking details of the Shirley McKie case to a newspaper.
Ministerial positions
None
Party positions
1995-2003 Member of Lib Dem Scottish Executive
2003-2004 Lib Dem Equal Opportunities Spokesperson
2003 - Lib Dem Deputy spokesman on Justice.
Recent electoral experience
2003 Scottish Parliament election, Edinburgh South, 10,005 votes (32.07 %) (elected)
2003 Scottish Parliament election, First on Lib Dem Lothians list, 29,237 votes (11.01 %)
2003 Edinburgh City Council election, North Morningside/Grange, 1,880 votes (56.66 %) (elected)
1999 Scottish Parliament election, Edinburgh South, 8,961 votes (22.33 %)
1999 Scottish Parliament election, Second on Lib Dem Lothians list, 47,565 votes (14.39 %)
1999 Edinburgh City Council election, North Morningside/Grange, 2,257 votes (57.20 %) (elected)
1997 Westminster election, Edinburgh South, 7,911 votes (17.64 %)
1995 Edinburgh City Council election, North Morningside, 1,579 votes (54.34 %) (elected)
1995 Lothian Region Council election, Merchiston/Morningside, 3,279 votes (48.43 %) (elected)
1992 Edinburgh District Council election, Morningside, 1,637 votes (46.13 %) (elected)
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