Seven candidates will contest the Dumbarton constituency in next month’s Scottish Parliament election.
Listed in alphabetical order by surname, they are:
- Jackie Baillie – Scottish Labour Party
- Maurice Corry – Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Andy Foxall – Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Toni Giugliano – Scottish National Party (SNP)
- James Morrison – Independent
- Andrew Joseph Muir – Independent
- Jonathan Rainey – Scottish Libertarian Party
Polling stations for the elections on Thursday May 6 are listed here.
Voters are expected to use hand sanitiser when they enter and leave the polling station and must wear a face covering at all times (unless exempt).
The public is also recommended to bring their own pen or pencil to mark their ballot papers, but clean pencils will also be available.
Physical distancing measures will be in place and there may be a one-way system in operation. You may have to queue to enter the polling place as there will be a limit to the number of voters allowed in the building at any one time.
Constituency and regional votes
Everyone in Scotland is represented by eight Members of the Scottish Parliament, or MSPs.
One is a constituency MSP and the other seven are regional MSPs – the Dumbarton constituency is in the West of Scotland region.
When you go to vote, you will receive two ballot papers. One is for you to choose your constituency MSP. The other is for you to choose a political party (or independent candidate) for your region.
At the last Scottish Parliament election, in 2016, the turnout in the Dumbarton constituency was 61% and 33,698 ballot papers were counted, with 100 votes rejected
The results were:
- Jackie Baillie -Scottish Labour Party: 13,522
- Maurice Corry – Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party: 4,891
- Aileen Morton – Scottish Liberal Democrats: 1,131
- Andrew Muir – Independent: 641
- Gail Robertson – Scottish National Party (SNP): 13,413
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