With virtually all cycling-related policy now a Scottish rather than a UK responsibility we are not asking individual candidates for statements or holding a hustings for the UK General Election. However, as always, we tell you which candidates are Spokes members and give any useful further information including local hustings organised by others.
Election Hustings & Events in Edinburgh and Lothians (+ a few events relevant to all Scotland)
| Constituency (or wider) | Date.. | Time.. | Where.. | Notes.. |
| Linlithgow & E Falkirk | Nov 24 | 1430 | Bathgate EU United Reformed Church | climate hustings |
| Livingston | Nov 25 | 1630 | West Lothian College | climate hustings |
| Edinburgh North & Leith | Nov 25 | 1830 | Pilrig Church | hustings – Cancelled??? |
| Edinburgh South West and South | Nov 26 | 1900 | Polwarth Parish Church | hustings |
| Midlothian | Nov 27 | 1900 | St. John’s & Kings Park Church | hustings |
| UK | Nov 28 | 1900 | CHANNEL 4 NEWS | TV – CLIMATE DEBATE |
| Edinburgh/ Scotland/ UK | Nov 29 | 1100 | Scottish Parliament [outside] | climate strike UK Scotland |
| Scotland | Nov 29 | 1500 | Scottish Power HQ, Glasgow | climate hustings |
| East Lothian | Dec 2 | 1930 | Saltoun Kirk | hustings |
| Edinburgh South | Dec 2 | 1930 | Morningside Parish Church | hustings |
| Edinburgh East | Dec 2 | 1830 | Southside community centre | hustings |
| Livingston | Dec 4 | 1900 | Livingston United Parish Church | hustings |
| Edinburgh East | Dec 5 | 1900 | Portobello Baptist Church | hustings |
| Edinburgh East | Dec 5 | 1500 | Augustine United, Geo IV Br | disability hustings |
| All Edinburgh | Dec 6 | 1730 | Usher Hall [outside] then Princes Street | climate justice speeches/ vigil |
| Linlithgow & E Falkirk | Dec 8 | 1915 | St Michaels Kirk Hall, Linlithgow | hustings |
| East Lothian | Dec 10 | 1930 | Belhaven Church Hall | hustings |
| Edinburgh West | Dec 10 | 1930 | St Thomas Church, Costorphine | hustings |
Candidates who are Spokes members
At the 2017 general election only 2 candidates were Spokes members, but we are pleased to see 4 this time! Please let us know at once if you spot any omissions. As always, we only list candidates who were Spokes members at the time the election was called.
We do not endorse candidates. The choice is yours.
Edinburgh East
Sheila Gilmore Scottish Labour
Claire Miller Scottish Green Party
Edinburgh North and Leith
Gordon Munro Scottish Labour
Edinburgh South
Ian Murray Scottish Labour
Party websites and Manifesto links
Manifestos Climate analysis by Greenpeace
Manifestos Climate analysis by FOE (only covers E&W)
Manifestos Cycling analysis by The Guardian
| Party | Website UK |
Website Scotland |
Manifesto |
| Brexit | www.thebrexitparty.org | none? | UK |
| Conservative | www.conservatives.com | www.scottishconservatives.com | UK |
| Green | greenparty.org.uk | greens.scot | E&W Scotland |
| Labour | labour.org.uk | scottishlabour.org.uk | UK Scotland |
| LibDem | www.libdems.org.uk | www.scotlibdems.org.uk | UK |
| SNP | n/a | www.snp.org | Scotland |
Community information websites
A huge bonus from the digital world is the vast amount of community information made available by skilled people, often volunteers, working together in organisations such as My Society, Democracy Club and Who Targets Me – funded in whole or part by voluntary donations. Their political online tools, most of which you use by entering your postcode, include…
- SwapMyVote Is your preferred party a no-hoper in your seat? Swap your vote with someone where it could really count.
- WhoCanIVoteFor See your candidates, then click on each for a mass of publicly available background information [local by-elections are also listed]
- WhereDoIVote How to find your polling station
- ElectionLeaflets A massive resource of election leaflets, used for research and to hold those elected to account. – You can help by photoing/scanning and uploading any that you receive
- WhoTargetsMe? A browser extension to crowdsource political adverts
- TheyWorkForYou Click on your MP or MSP, and find publicly available info about their activities [Obviously during an election period MPs become ‘former MPs’ but, remarkably, during election night the new MP names are entered into the site almost in real time!]
- WriteToThem Find and email any of your elected representatives, from councillors to MEPs.
Election pages from local Councils
Including registering to vote, how to be a candidate, full lists of local candidates, important dates, etc, etc…
Other useful sites
- Sustrans UK – election manifesto
- Cycling UK online action to contact your election candidates
- BBC election website – loads of info!
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