We welcome the support of all the five main party leaders, who have committed to the Scottish LGBTI Equality Pledge (shown in order of current Westminster, then Holyrood, parliamentary representation).
The Scottish National Party: Nicola Sturgeon signed the pledge on behalf of the party and its candidates.
The Scottish Conservatives: Party leader Ruth Davidson signed up to the pledge.
The Scottish Labour Party: Kezia Dugdale signed the pledge on behalf of the party and its candidates.
The Scottish Liberal Democrats: Willie Rennie signed the pledge on behalf of the party and its candidates.
The Scottish Green Party: Patrick Harvie signed the pledge on behalf of the party – all three Green candidates have also signed up (see below).
Candidates
We welcome the support of the following General Election Candidates who have supported the Scottish LGBTI Equality Pledge (in alphabetical order of constituency, then name):
A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z
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Candidate |
Party |
Constituency |
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Kirsty Blackman |
Scottish National Party |
Aberdeen North |
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Callum McCaig |
Scottish National Party |
Aberdeen South |
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Jenny Wilson |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Aberdeen South |
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Neil Gray |
Scottish National Party |
Airdrie and Shotts |
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William Campbell |
Scottish Labour Party |
Angus |
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Mike Weir |
Scottish National Party |
Angus |
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Brendan O’Hara |
Scottish National Party |
Argyll and Bute |
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Carol Mochan |
Scottish Labour Party |
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock |
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Corri Wilson |
Scottish National Party |
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock |
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Caitlin Stott |
Scottish Labour Party |
Banff and Buchan |
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Eilidh Whiteford |
Scottish National Party |
Banff and Buchan |
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Caroline Burgess |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk |
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Calum Kerr |
Scottish National Party |
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk |
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John Lamont |
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party |
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk |
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Olivia Bell |
Scottish Labour Party |
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross |
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Paul Monaghan |
Scottish National Party |
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross |
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Nairn McDonald |
Scottish Labour Party |
Central Ayrshire |
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Philippa Whitford |
Scottish National Party |
Central Ayrshire |
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Phil Boswell |
Scottish National Party |
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill |
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Stuart McDonald |
Scottish National Party |
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch |
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Richard Arkless |
Scottish National Party |
Dumfries and Galloway |
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MÃ iri McAllan |
Scottish National Party |
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale |
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Stewart Hosie |
Scottish National Party |
Dundee East |
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Alan Cowan |
Scottish Labour Party |
Dundee West |
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Chris Law |
Scottish National Party |
Dundee West |
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James Calder |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Dunfermline and West Fife |
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Douglas Chapman |
Scottish National Party |
Dunfermline and West Fife |
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Cara Hilton |
Scottish Labour Party |
Dunfermline and West Fife |
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Callum McNally |
Scottish Labour Party |
East Dunbartonshire |
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John Nicolson |
Scottish National Party |
East Dunbartonshire |
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Jo Swinson |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
East Dunbartonshire |
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Lisa Cameron |
Scottish National Party |
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow |
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Monique McAdams |
Scottish Labour Party |
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow |
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George Kerevan |
Scottish National Party |
East Lothian |
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Martin Whitfield |
Scottish Labour Party |
East Lothian |
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Blair McDougall |
Scottish Labour Party |
East Renfrewshire |
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Kirsten Oswald |
Scottish National Party |
East Renfrewshire |
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Tristan Gray |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Edinburgh East |
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Patsy King |
Scottish Labour Party |
Edinburgh East |
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Tommy Sheppard |
Scottish National Party |
Edinburgh East |
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Deidre Brock |
Scottish National Party |
Edinburgh North and Leith |
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Gordon Munro |
Scottish Labour Party |
Edinburgh North and Leith |
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Lorna Jane Slater |
Scottish Green Party |
Edinburgh North and Leith |
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Martin Veart |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Edinburgh North and Leith |
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Jim Eadie |
Scottish National Party |
Edinburgh South |
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Ian Murray |
Scottish Labour Party |
Edinburgh South |
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Joanna Cherry |
Scottish National Party |
Edinburgh South West |
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Foysol Choudhury |
Scottish Labour Party |
Edinburgh South West |
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Aisha Mir |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Edinburgh South West |
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Toni Giugliano |
Scottish National Party |
Edinburgh West |
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Christine Jardine |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Edinburgh West |
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Craig Martin |
Scottish Labour Party |
Falkirk |
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John McNally |
Scottish National Party |
Falkirk |
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Debra Pickering |
Scottish Green Party |
Falkirk |
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Alison Thewliss |
Scottish National Party |
Glasgow Central |
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David Linden |
Scottish National Party |
Glasgow East |
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Pam Duncan-Glancy |
Scottish Labour Party |
Glasgow North |
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Patrick Grady |
Scottish National Party |
Glasgow North |
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Patrick Harvie |
Scottish Green Party |
Glasgow North |
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Anne McLaughlin |
Scottish National Party |
Glasgow North East |
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Paul Sweeney |
Scottish Labour Party |
Glasgow North East |
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Carol Monaghan |
Scottish National Party |
Glasgow North West |
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Stewart McDonald |
Scottish National Party |
Glasgow South |
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Ben Denton-Cardew |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Glasgow South West |
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Matt Kerr |
Scottish Labour Party |
Glasgow South West |
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Chris Stephens |
Scottish National Party |
Glasgow South West |
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Altany Craik |
Scottish Labour Party |
Glenrothes |
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Peter Grant |
Scottish National Party |
Glenrothes |
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Kirsten Muat |
Scottish Labour Party |
Gordon |
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Alex Salmond |
Scottish National Party |
Gordon |
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Ronnie Cowan |
Scottish National Party |
Inverclyde |
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David Stevens |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Inverclyde |
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Ritchie Cunningham |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey |
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Drew Hendry |
Scottish National Party |
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey |
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Alan Brown |
Scottish National Party |
Kilmarnock and Loudoun |
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Laura Dover |
Scottish Labour Party |
Kilmarnock and Loudoun |
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Alison Harper |
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party |
Kilmarnock and Loudoun |
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Lesley Laird |
Scottish Labour Party |
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath |
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Roger Mullin |
Scottish National Party |
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath |
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Malcolm Wood |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath |
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Angela Crawley |
Scottish National Party |
Lanark and Hamilton East |
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Colin Robb |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Lanark and Hamilton East |
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Martyn Day |
Scottish National Party |
Linlithgow and East Falkirk |
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Hannah Bardell |
Scottish National Party |
Livingston |
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Owen Thompson |
Scottish National Party |
Midlothian |
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Angus Robertson |
Scottish National Party |
Moray |
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Marion Fellows |
Scottish National Party |
Motherwell and Wishaw |
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Yvonne Finlayson |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Motherwell and Wishaw |
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Angus MacNeil |
Scottish National Party |
Na h-Eileanan an Iar |
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Patricia Gibson |
Scottish National Party |
North Ayrshire and Arran |
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Christopher Rimicans |
Scottish Labour Party |
North Ayrshire and Arran |
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Stephen Gethins |
Scottish National Party |
North East Fife |
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Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh |
Scottish National Party |
Ochil and South Perthshire |
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Joanne Ross |
Scottish Labour Party |
Ochil and South Perthshire |
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Robina Barton |
Scottish Labour Party |
Orkney and Shetland |
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Miriam Brett |
Scottish National Party |
Orkney and Shetland |
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Alistair Carmichael |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Orkney and Shetland |
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Gavin Newlands |
Scottish National Party |
Paisley and Renfrewshire North |
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Mhairi Black |
Scottish National Party |
Paisley and Renfrewshire South |
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Ian Duncan |
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party |
Perth and North Perthshire |
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Pete Wishart |
Scottish National Party |
Perth and North Perthshire |
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Ian Blackford |
Scottish National Party |
Ross, Skye and Lochaber |
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Margaret Ferrier |
Scottish National Party |
Rutherglen and Hamilton West |
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Gerard Killen |
Scottish Labour Party |
Rutherglen and Hamilton West |
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Wendy Chamberlain |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
Stirling |
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Steven Paterson |
Scottish National Party |
Stirling |
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Kirstein Rummery |
Women’s Equality Party |
Stirling |
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Andrew Bowie |
Scottish Conservatives |
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine |
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Stuart Donaldson |
Scottish National Party |
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine |
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Martin Docherty |
Scottish National Party |
West Dunbartonshire |
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Rebecca Plenderleith |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
West Dunbartonshire |
Take action – Urge your candidates to support LGBTI equality by using our simple and easy contact tool
here.
If you are a candidate and wish to support the pledge please email us.
We asked the leaders of the political parties and the individual candidates standing in Scotland to sign up to the Scottish LGBTI Equality Pledge
