Conservatives publish full list of 2019 general election candidates standing in Scotland
The Scottish Conservatives have published a full list of the 59 candidates standing in Scotland for the 2019 general election.
All 13 of the Scottish Conservative MPs from the 2017 general election will fight to hold their seats, along with 46 new candidates.
Among those trying to take a seat for the first time is Aberdeen Council co-leader Douglas Lumsden, who is standing in Aberdeen South, the seat that was held by former Tory MP Ross Thomson, who stood down following allegations, which he denies, that he sexually assaulted a fellow MP.
Scottish Borders Council leader Shona Haslam will contest Lanark and Hamilton East, which is currently held by the SNP’s Angela Crawley with a majority of 266.
Speaking on the first day of election campaigning last week, former secretary of state for Scotland David Mundell said: “The choice at this election is clear: either we get more division from the SNP or more delivery of people’s priorities with Scottish Conservatives.
“Whether it’s supporting our oil and gas industry, the whisky trade or our rural economy, Scottish Conservatives have fought hard in Whitehall to get Scotland’s voice heard.
“Every Scottish Conservative MP elected next month will press hard for more.
“By contrast, Nationalist MPs have one job only – to be Nicola Sturgeon’s little Westminster helpers and secure another divisive independence referendum.
“Voting Scottish Conservative at this election will stop Nicola Sturgeon’s referendum in its tracks and ensure we get a government that delivers for Scotland.”
Full list of Conservative candidates:
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Aberdeen North
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Ryan Houghton
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Aberdeen South
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Douglas Lumsden
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Airdrie and Shotts
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Lorraine Nolan
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Angus
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Kirstene Hair
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Argyll and Bute
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Gary Mulvaney
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Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
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Martin Dowey
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Banff and Buchan
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David Duguid
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Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
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John Lamont
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Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
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Andrew Sinclair
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Central Ayrshire
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Derek Stillie
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Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
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Nathan Wilson
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Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
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Roz McCall
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Dumfries and Galloway
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Alister Jack
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Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
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David Mundell
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Dundee East
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Philip Scott
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Dundee West
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Tess White
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Dunfermline and West Fife
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Moira Benny
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East Dunbartonshire
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Pam Gosal
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East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
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Gail MacGregor
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East Lothian
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Craig Hoy
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East Renfrewshire
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Paul Masterton
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Edinburgh East
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Eleanor Price
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Edinburgh North and Leith
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Iain McGill
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Edinburgh South
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Nick Cook
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Edinburgh South West
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Callum Laidlaw
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Edinburgh West
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Graham Hutchison
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Falkirk
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Lynn Munro
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Glasgow Central
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Flora Scarabello
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Glasgow East
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Thomas Kerr
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Glasgow North
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Tony Curtis
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Glasgow North East
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Lauren Bennie
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Glasgow North West
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Ade Aibinu
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Glasgow South
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Kyle Thornton
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Glasgow South West
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Thomas Haddow
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Glenrothes
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Amy Thomson
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Gordon
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Colin Clark
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Inverclyde
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Haroun Malik
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Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
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Fiona Fawcett
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Kilmarnock and Loudoun
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Caroline Hollins-Martin
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Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
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Kathleen Leslie
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Lanark and Hamilton East
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Shona Haslam
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Linlithgow and East Falkirk
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Charles Kennedy
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Livingston
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Damian Timson
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Midlothian
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Rebecca Fraser
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Moray
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Douglas Ross
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Motherwell and Wishaw
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Meghan Gallacher
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Na h-Eileanan an Iar
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Jenny Ross
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North Ayrshire and Arran
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David Rocks
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North East Fife
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Tony Miklinski
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Ochil and South Perthshire
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Luke Graham
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Orkney and Shetland
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Jennifer Fairbairn
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Paisley and Renfrewshire North
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Julie Pirone
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Paisley and Renfrewshire South
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Mark Dougan
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Perth and North Perthshire
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Angus Forbes
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Ross, Skye and Lochaber
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Gavin Berkenheger
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Rutherglen and Hamilton West
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Lynne Nailon
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Stirling
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Stephen Kerr
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West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
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Andrew Bowie
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West Dunbartonshire
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Alix Mathieson
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