The Scottish Parliament Election will be taking place on Thursday 7 May 2026, with Wester Hailes now situated in the new Edinburgh South Western constituency. These are the candidates that will be standing:
Edinburgh South Western:
- Simita Kumar – Scottish National Party (SNP)
- Catriona Munro – Scottish Labour Party
- Cameron Rose – Reform UK
- Sue Webber– Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Andy Williamson – Scottish Liberal Democrats
And these Parties are standing for the Regional List vote:
- Advance UK
- Alliance to Liberate Scotland
- Animal Welfare Party
- Communist Party of Britain
- Conservative
- Edinburgh & East Lothian People
- Equality Party
- Independence for Scotland Party
- Independent Green Voice
- Labour
- Liberal Democrats
- Reform UK
- Scottish Family Party
- Scottish Green Party
- Scottish Libertarian Party
- Scottish National Party
- Scottish Socialist Party
- Workers Party of Britain
- Jeremy Balfour – Independent
- Bob Bonnie Prince – Independent
- Morgwn Davies – Independent
- Ash Regan – Independent
Those who have registered to vote will have received a polling card with details on their polling station, but you can also find your polling place online here, please double check as there are some new polling stations with the new constituency boundary. As this is a Scottish Parliament Election you are not required to provide photo ID when voting. Polling stations will be open from 7.00am – 10.00pm.
When you vote you are given two ballet papers, the first for your choice of candidates for your constituency MSP, the winner of this vote will represent the Edinburgh South Western constituency, and the second for your preference of parties for the regional ballot, which will then determine the MSPs for the Edinburgh and Lothians East region.
