Liberal Democrats publish full list of 2019 general election candidates standing in Scotland
The Liberal Democrats have published a full list of their candidates for the forthcoming general election on 12 December.
The party will contest all 59 seats in Scotland, with four current MPs, party leader Jo Swinson in East Dunbartonshire, Alistair Carmichael in Orkney and Shetland, Christine Jardine in Edinburgh West and Jamie Stone in Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross campaigning to hold their seats.
A key target for the Lib Dems will be North East Fife, which they narrowly lost to the SNP’s Stephen Gethins by two votes in the 2017 general election.
North East Fife will be contested by Wendy Chamberlain, the party’s constitutional relations spokesperson.
Launching the party’s plan for Scotland earlier this week, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said: “The Liberal Democrats stand on the side of the majority of people in Scotland who want to see Scotland remain in the UK and the UK keep its place in the European Union.
“The SNP peddle the myth that it's one or the other, but that's not true. With a Liberal Democrat government, you can have both.
“In this election we have an opportunity build a brighter future. On 12th December vote Liberal Democrat to do just that.”
Full list of Liberal Democrat candidates:
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Aberdeen North
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Isobel Davidson
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Aberdeen South
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Ian Yuill
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Airdrie and Shotts
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William Crossman
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Angus
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Ben Lawrie
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Argyll and Bute
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Alan Reid
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Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
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Helena Bongard
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Banff and Buchan
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Alison Smith
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Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
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Jenny Marr
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Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
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Jamie Stone
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Central Ayrshire
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Emma Farthing Sykes
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Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
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David Stevens
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Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
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Susan Murray
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Dumfries and Galloway
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McNabb Laurie
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Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
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John Ferry
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Dundee East
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Michael Crichton
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Dundee West
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Daniel Coleman
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Dunfermline and West Fife
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Rebecca Bell
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East Dunbartonshire
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Jo Swinson
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East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
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Ewan McRobert
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East Lothian
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Robert O'Riordan
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East Renfrewshire
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Andrew McGlynn
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Edinburgh East
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Jill Reilly
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Edinburgh North and Leith
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Bruce Wilson
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Edinburgh South
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Alan Beal
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Edinburgh South West
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Tom Inglis
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Edinburgh West
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Christine Jardine
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Falkirk
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Austin Reid
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Glasgow Central
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Ewan Hoyle
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Glasgow East
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Yvonne Finlayson
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Glasgow North
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Andrew Chamberlain
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Glasgow North East
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Nicholas Moohan
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Glasgow North West
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James Speirs
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Glasgow South
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Carole Ford
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Glasgow South West
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Ben Denton Cardew
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Glenrothes
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Jane Ann Liston
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Gordon
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James Oates
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Inverclyde
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Jacci Stoyle
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Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
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Denis Rixson
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Kilmarnock and Loudoun
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Edward Thornley
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Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
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Gillian Cole Hamilton
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Lanark and Hamilton East
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Jane Pickard
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Linlithgow and East Falkirk
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Sally Pattle
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Livingston
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Charles Dundas
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Midlothian
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Stephen Arrundale
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Moray
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Fiona Campbell Trevor
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Motherwell and Wishaw
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Christopher Wilson
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Na h-Eileanan an Iar
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Neil Mitchison
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North Ayrshire and Arran
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Louise Young
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North East Fife
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Wendy Chamberlain
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Ochil and South Perthshire
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Ilyan Stefanov
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Orkney and Shetland
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Alistair Carmichael
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Paisley and Renfrewshire North
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Ross Stalker
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Paisley and Renfrewshire South
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Jack Clark
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Perth and North Perthshire
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Peter Barrett
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Ross, Skye and Lochaber
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Craig Harrow
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Rutherglen and Hamilton West
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Mark McGeever
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Stirling
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Fayzan Rehman
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West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
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John Waddell
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West Dunbartonshire
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Jenni Lang
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