Scottish National Party Candidates

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SNP declares open season

By Robbie Dinwoodie in the Herald


Alex Salmond, bottom, from top, Colin Campbell, Nicola Sturgeon, Shona Robison, Karen Neary, Bashir Ahmed, Lloyd Quinan, Fiona Hyslop, John Hargreaves, Clare Hay, Rachel Findlay and Gordon Archer.

THE SNP yesterday unveiled a poll showing the party's strongest ever support for independence, on the day when they launched their list of candidates for Holyrood.

The survey by regular Herald pollsters System Three showed 82% of the population saying it thinks there should be a constitutional referendum on independence.

On the next query about how respondents would vote on the issue, the result was a 21% lead on independence, with support running at 54% to 34%.

SNP leader Alex Salmond said he could not imagine a better time to be pushing new candidates for the SNP. He contrasted the open approach of his party with the attitude of New Labour in Scotland, claiming that there was no hint of any ideological cull in his party's selection.

There were 175 approved SNP candidates announced at a press conference in Glasgow. The group attracted immediate and hostile attention from the Labour Party, with a lengthy press release explaining why the SNP was hopelessly split and dividing candidates between different wings of the party.

However, this was the precise opposite of the expected pattern as seen by most observers.

While Labour is coping with controversial exclusions from their selection process, the opposite is true of the SNP, with the selection team including all sections of the party.

SNP leader Alex Salmond was quizzed on why supposed opponents such as Kenny McAskill and Margo MacDonald had featured on the list.

His answer was that this was the way his party did business, in contrast to the way Labour's selection list was closed down.

Mr Salmond said his party remained confident and felt no need to close down critics - particularly at a time when polls showed huge support for independence. They approved 175 potential candidates, of which 49 were female and 40 are councillors. The SNP say 40 of those approved are under the age of 35 and 16 are over 60.

Labour accused the SNP of "papering over the cracks" of different factions.

Rosemary McKenna, who chaired Labour's selection board, said: "The SNP remains as it always has been, a rag-bag of opportunists desperate only for power. This panel reveals that the SNP could deliver nothing in a Scottish Parliament except chaos and division."

But Mr Salmond said Labour's cull of applicants along ideological grounds was in stark contrast to the SNP's fair and inclusive approach. "We represent all of Scottish society, all of our party, and will represent all of Scotland's Parliament," he said.

The complete list of candidates

The panel of SNP candidates eligible to seek selection is as follows:

  1. Councillor Brian Adam, Aberdeen
  2. Bashir Ahmad, Glasgow, a founder of Scots Asians for Independence
  3. Alasdair Allan, SNP staff in Peterhead
  4. Councillor Frank Anderson, Livingston
  5. Councillor Helen Angus, Arbroath
  6. Councillor Ian Angus, Arbroath
  7. Councillor Gordon Archer, Glasgow, who joined from Labour
  8. Adam Ardrey, Bothwell, an advocate

  9. Glynne Baird, recently returned to Edinburgh from Brussels, wife of executive director of Scottish Financial Enterprise
  10. Chrissie Bannerman, Balmaha, Stirlingshire
  11. Ian Bayne, Glasgow
  12. Alex Bell, Edinburgh, former BBC journalist, now on SNP HQ staff
  13. David Berry, North Berwick
  14. Catriona Black, currently living in London
  15. Mungo Bovey, Edinburgh advocate
  16. David Bowie, Strathaven social worker
  17. John Brady, Glasgow
  18. Hilary Brown, Leith
  19. Councillor Keith Brown, Dollar
  20. Jim Byrne, Glasgow.

  21. Alan Cameron, Ellon, Aberdeenshire
  22. Councillor Campbell Cameron, Oban
  23. Councillor Colin Campbell, Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, former head teacher and party defence spokesman
  24. Gillian Campbell, Dundee
  25. Calum Cashley, Dundee
  26. Tom Chalmers, Glasgow solicitor, party housing spokesman
  27. Councillor Douglas Chapman, Dunfermline
  28. Councillor Danny Coffey, Kilmarnock
  29. Councillor Angela Constance, Livingston
  30. William Craig, Montrose
  31. Councillor Bruce Crawford, leader of Perth and Kinross
  32. Councillor Duncan Crawford, former policeman from Lossiemouth
  33. Stuart Crawford, Edinburgh
  34. Christine Creech, Edinburgh solicitor
  35. Chris Cunningham, Glasgow, housing worker and brother of MP
  36. Roseanna Cunningham, MP for Perth
  37. Andrew Currie, Invergordon.

  38. Anne Dana, businesswoman who contested Leith last May
  39. Lynne Devine, Forfar, former Labour Party member
  40. Pat Dishon, Edinburgh lecturer and tour guide
  41. Andrew Doig, Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire
  42. Noel Dolan, Glasgow, former Scottish Television producer
  43. Dick Douglas, Auchtermuchty, former Labour MP, now water ombudsman
  44. Councillor Ewan Dow, Bridge of Earn, finance convener of Perth and Kinross.

  45. Dorothy Grace-Elder, Glasgow journalist
  46. Annabelle Ewing, Glasgow solicitor, recently returned from Brussels and daughter of Winifred Ewing
  47. Fergus Ewing, Drymen, Stirlingshire, solicitor and son of Winifred Ewing
  48. Margaret Ewing, MP for Moray, parliamentary leader of the SNP, and wife of Fergus Ewing
  49. Dr Winifred Ewing, MEP for the Highlands and Islands
  50. Linda Fabiani, housing worker from Strathaven
  51. Sandra Farquhar, Dunblane
  52. Donald Ferguson, Edinburgh solicitor
  53. Stuart Fergusson, Arbroath lifeboatman
  54. Rachel Findlay, South Queensferry
  55. Gerry Fisher, Dollar
  56. Iain Fleming, Largs.

  57. The Rev Bev Gauld, Carnwath, Lanarkshire
  58. Stewart Gibb, Edinburgh, worker in information technology
  59. Councillor Kenny Gibson, Glasgow Council group leader
  60. Rob Gibson, Evanton, Inverness-shire
  61. Dr Anne Lorne Gillies, Glasgow, singer and party culture spokeswoman
  62. Ian Goldie, Edinburgh
  63. Councillor Clark Goodison, Scone
  64. Councillor Alan Grant, Blairgowrie.

  65. Colin Hagerty, Coatbridge
  66. Duncan Hamilton, Milngavie
  67. Ian Hamilton QC, North Connell, Argyll, veteran nationalist involved in first unofficial return of the Stone of Destiny
  68. Dr John Hargreaves, Edinburgh
  69. Clare Hay, Bridge of Allan, worker in information technology
  70. Jenny Herriot, Rowardennan, Stirlingshire
  71. Councillor Kate Higgins, Stranraer
  72. Stewart Hosie, Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire
  73. Councillor Ian Hudghton, Forfar
  74. Councillor John Hulbert, a GP in Longforgan, Tayside
  75. Fiona Hyslop, Linlithgow
  76. Adam Ingram, Kilmarnock
  77. Dot Jessiman, New Deer, Buchan, crofter and English-born founder of New Scots for Independence
  78. Councillor Peter Johnston, Armadale
  79. Tom Johnston, Cumbernauld teacher.

  80. Peter Kearney, Glasgow
  81. George Kerevan, Edinburgh, economics lecturer and former Labour councillor
  82. Dr Malcolm Kerr, Arran GP
  83. Ian Kincaid, Polmont, offshore oil engineer
  84. Roger Knox, Musselburgh
  85. Councillor Janet Law, Perth and Kinross education convener
  86. Alison Lindsay, Dollar
  87. John Lloyd, Dalgety Bay, Fife
  88. Councillor Richard Lyle, New Stevenson, group leader North Lanarkshire
  89. Richard Lochhead, Broughty Ferry.

  90. Kenny MacAskill, Edinburgh, solicitor and party treasurer
  91. Margo MacDonald, journalist and broadcaster, former MP and wife of Jim Sillars
  92. Councillor Ian MacKay, Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire
  93. Councillor Bill MacKechnie, group leader in West Dunbartonshire
  94. Councillor Sandy McKenzie, Conon Bridge, Ross-shire
  95. Murdo MacLennan, Stornoway
  96. Councillor Bill Martin, Barrhead, Renfrewshire
  97. Tricia Marwick, Glenrothes, worker in voluntary sector
  98. Jim Mather, company director in Glasgow
  99. Fiona Matheson, Stromness, Orkney
  100. Michael Matheson, Stirling
  101. Councillor Kathleen McAlorum, Mossend, North Lanarkshire
  102. David McCann, Alloa
  103. Greg McCarra, West Calder
  104. David McCarthy, Kinross, retired Unilever executive active in Business for Scotland
  105. Councillor Gordon McDonald, Buckie
  106. David McGlashan, solicitor in Condorrat, North Lanarkshire
  107. Jim McGregor, Armadale
  108. Irene McGugan, Forfar social worker
  109. Jim McGuigan, Hamilton
  110. Dr Ian McKee, Edinburgh GP
  111. Fiona McLeod, Bearsden
  112. Councillor Glennis Middleton, Forfar
  113. Calum Millar, Prestonpans, worker in information technology
  114. Councillor Gavin Scott Moncrieff, Skye
  115. Alasdair Morgan, MP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale and national secretary of party
  116. John Mowat, teacher in Kirkwall
  117. Roger Mullin, Kirkcaldy, adviser to overseas governments
  118. Councillor Rob Munn, Edinburgh
  119. Alan Murdoch, Perth businessman
  120. Councillor Gordon Murray, former Cumbernauld provost.

  121. Karen Neary, Hamilton housing worker
  122. Alex Neil, Ayr, policy vice-convener of party, once of Labour
  123. Alasdair Nicholson, worker in the voluntary sector on Lewis
  124. Councillor Kim Nicoll, Galston, Ayrshire
  125. Stephen Noon, of party's Westminster staff
  126. Stephen Norris, Wigtown butcher
  127. Alan Park, Glasgow solicitor
  128. Gil Paterson, Bishopbriggs
  129. Elizabeth Quinn, Glasgow
  130. Lloyd Quinan, former television weather forecaster.

  131. Frank Rankin, Glasgow
  132. Harry Rankin, Dunfermline
  133. Alasdair Reid, Brussels economic adviser
  134. George Reid, Bridge of Allan, former MP, broadcaster and Red Cross official, party constitution spokesman
  135. Frank Riley, Musselburgh
  136. Angus Robertson, Vienna-based broadcaster
  137. Councillor Keith Robertson, Auchterarder
  138. Shona Robison, Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire
  139. Scott Rorison, Ballachulish
  140. William Ross, Shetland
  141. Michael Russell, Colintraive, Argyll, the party's chief executive.

  142. Alex Salmond, MP for Banff and Buchan and leader of the party
  143. James Scott, Edinburgh, retired senior civil servant
  144. Paul Scott, Edinburgh
  145. Shirley Seaton, a London-based tax lawyer
  146. Robin Shaw, Glasgow
  147. Robert Shirley, Edinburgh
  148. Allan Sillars, Inverness
  149. Calum Smith, Perth, runs constituency office of Roseanna Cunningham
  150. Stewart Stevenson, Linlithgow
  151. Kaukab Stewart, Edinburgh teacher
  152. Sandy Stronach, Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire
  153. Isobel Strong, Rothesay
  154. Nicola Sturgeon, Glasgow lawyer, education spokeswoman and party vice-convener for publicity, contested Govan last May
  155. Graham Sutherland, Edinburgh
  156. Elaine Sweeney, Crieff, youngest candidate at 21
  157. John Swinney, MP for North Tayside and party Treasury spokesman.

  158. Richard Thomson, Edinburgh
  159. Kay Ullrich, Irvine, social worker and veteran candidate
  160. Jean Urquhart, Ullapool
  161. Councillor David Watson, East Kilbride
  162. Maureen Watt, Banchory
  163. Michael Weir, Brechin solicitor
  164. Andrew Welsh, MP for Angus
  165. Colin Welsh, social worker from Lower Largo in Fife
  166. Councillor Sandra White, Paisley
  167. Maire Whitehead, Glasgow head teacher
  168. Andrew Wilson, Edinburgh, the young economist poached from the Scottish Office who helped uncover the £27 billion historic Scottish budget surplus, now back in private sector
  169. Councillor Bill Wilson, Glasgow
  170. Tom Wilson, Glasgow
  171. Councillor Anne Winning, Lanark
  172. Fergus Wood, Aberfoyle sheep farmer
  173. Blyth Wright, avalanche expert in Aviemore
  174. Douglas Yates, former policeman from Barrhead, Renfrewshire
  175. James Yuill, Clydebank. - June 17

Contact information for the above candidates can be found on the SNP server

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