Candidate responses to our survey on climate change
Where do your candidates stand on cutting climate change?
everyone has written to the candidates, of the six main parties, listed in the table below asking them to respond to two questions on climate change:
1. If elected, would you support action to deliver year-on-year progress towards a cut of at least 20% in carbon dioxide emissions by 2010, and put us on the path to a 60% cut by 2050?
2. If elected, would you support the following demands to cut climate emissions?
- introduce domestic and commercial energy efficiency targets to achieve a 40% improvement by 2020
- make the price of all transport journeys more fairly reflect their cost to the environment
- ensure all new large public buildings include Combined Heat and Power and/or renewables
- set tough emissions trading targets for power companies and industry
- double research and development investment in the full range of renewable energy technologies
- create a UK task force to take forward action to address climate change
Responses received are shown in the table below. Check out the candidates in your constituency and you can send them your own questions on the environment using our online action.
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no response yet; 
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clear commitment; 
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partial commitment; 
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little or no commitment
This page will be updated with responses received.
We have only contacted candidates for the six main parties – to see the full list of candidates for any seat click on the link which will take you to the BBC's candidates listing.
Please note that the assessment indicated below are based on responses received from the candidates .
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Aberdeen North | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Kevin Stewart | |
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John Connan | |
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Aberdeen South | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Rhonda Reekie | |
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Anne Begg | |
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Vicki Harris | |
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Maureen Watt | |
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Donald Munro | |
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Airdrie and Shotts | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Angus | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sandy Bushby | |
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Doug Bradley | |
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Mike Weir | |
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Alan Manley | |
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Argyll & Bute | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Carolyn Manson | |
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Alan Reid | |
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Isobel Strong | |
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Deirdre Henderson | |
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Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Sandra Osborne | |
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Colin Waugh | |
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Charles Brodie | |
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Murray Steele | |
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Banff and Buchan | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Rami Okasha | |
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Dr Eleanor Anderson | |
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Alex Salmond | |
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Steve Will | |
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Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| John Lamont | |
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Simon Held | |
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Michael Moore | |
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Aileen Orr | |
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Graeme McIver | |
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Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Alan Jamieson | |
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John Thurso | |
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Karen Shirron | |
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Luke Ivory | |
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Central Ayrshire | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Garry Clark | |
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Brian Donohoe | |
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Iain Kennedy | |
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Jahangir Hanif | |
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Denise Morton | |
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Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lindsay Paterson | |
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Tom Clarke | |
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Rod Ackland | |
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Duncan Ross | |
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Joan Kinloch | |
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Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| James Boswell | |
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Rosemary McKenna | |
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Hugh O'Donnel | |
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James Hepburn | |
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Willie O'Neill | |
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Dumfries & Galloway | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Peter Duncan | |
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John Schofield | |
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Russel Brown | |
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Keith Legg | |
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Douglas Henderson | |
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John Dennis | |
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Dumfriesshire, Cyldesdale & Tweeddale | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Patsy Kenton | |
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Andrew Wood | |
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Sarah McTavish | |
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Dundee East | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr Clive Sneddon | |
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Stewart Hosie | |
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Harvey Duke | |
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Dundee West | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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James McGovern | |
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Joe Fitzpatrick | |
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Dunfermline and West Fife | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Roger Smillie | |
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Rachel Squire | |
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David Herbert | |
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Douglas Chapman | |
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East Dunbartonshire | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| David Jack | |
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Stuart Callison | |
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John Lyons | |
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Jo Swinson | |
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Christopher Sagan | |
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Pamela Page | |
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East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Cllr Tony Lewis | |
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Kirsten Robb | |
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Adam Ingram | |
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John Oswald | |
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Douglas Edwards | |
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East Lothian | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Collie | |
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Anne Picking | |
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Chris Butler | |
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Paul McLennan | |
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Gary Galbraith | |
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East Renfrewshire | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Jim Murphy | |
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Gordon MacDonald | |
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Osama Bhutta | |
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Ian Henderson | |
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Edinburgh East | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Cara Gillespie | |
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Gavin Strang | |
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Gordon Mackenzie | |
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Stefan Tymkewycz | |
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Catriona Grant | |
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Edinburgh North and Leith | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Mike Crockart | |
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Davie Hutchison | |
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Bill Scott | |
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Edinburgh South | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Steve Burgess | |
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Nigel Griffiths | |
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Marilyne MacLaren | |
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Graham Sutherland | |
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Morag Robertson | |
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Edinburgh South West | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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John Blair-Fish | |
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Alistair Darling | |
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Dr Simon Clark | |
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Nick Elliot-Cannon | |
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Pat Smith | |
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Edinburgh West | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Ailsa Spindler | |
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Navraj Ghaleigh | |
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John Barrett | |
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Sheena Cleland | |
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Gary Clark | |
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Falkirk | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Eric Joyce | |
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Callum Chomczuk | |
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Laura Love | |
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Danny Quinlan | |
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Glasgow Central | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Richard Sullivan | |
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Gordon Masterton | |
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Mohammad Sawar | |
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Isabel Nelson | |
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Bill Kidd | |
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Marie Gordon | |
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Glasgow East | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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David Marshall | |
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David Jackson | |
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Lachlan McNeill | |
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George Savage | |
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Glasgow North | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Martin Bartos | |
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Ann McKechin | |
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Amy Rodger | |
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Kenny McLean | |
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Nick Tarlton | |
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Glasgow North East | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Martin | |
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John McLauglin | |
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Glasgow North West | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Martha Wardrop | |
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John Robertson | |
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Dr Paul Graham | |
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Graeme Hendry | |
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Anthea Irwin | |
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Glasgow South | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Kay Allan | |
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Tom Harris | |
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Arthur Sanderson | |
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Finlay MacLean | |
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Ronnie Stevenson | |
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Glasgow South West | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian Davidson | |
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Katy Gordon | |
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James Dornan | |
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Keith Baldassara | |
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John Macdougall | |
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Elizabeth Riches | |
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John Beare | |
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Gordon | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Iain Brotchie | |
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Malcolm Bruce | |
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Joanna Strathdee | |
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Tommy Paterson | |
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Inverclyde | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Douglas Herbison | |
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| Robbie Rowantree | |
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Danny Alexander | |
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David Thompson | |
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George MacDonald | |
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Kilmarnock and Loudoun | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Kevin Lang | |
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Daniel Coffey | |
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Hugh Kerr | |
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Kirkaldy and Cowdenbeath | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Gordon Brown | |
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Alex Cole-Hamilton | |
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Alan Bath | |
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Steve West | |
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Michael Connarty | |
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Stephen Glenn | |
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Gordon Guthrie | |
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Ally Hendry | |
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Livingston | full candidate list >> | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Alison Ross | |
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