A total of ten candidates had registered to stand in the Leith Walk (Ward 12) Council by-election by yesterday's deadline.
They are, in alphabetical order:
DONALDSON, Marion – Scottish Labour Party
HUSSAIN, Mo – Scottish Liberal Democrats
LAIRD, Tom – Scottish Libertarian Party
MELVILLE, Alan Gordon - UK Independence Party (UKIP)
MURDIE, Gordon – Scottish Conservative and Unionist
RAE, Susan Jane – Scottish Green Party
REID, Natalie – Scottish Socialist Party
RITCHIE, John Lewis – Scottish National Party (SNP)
SCOTT, John Ferguson – Independent
WHITEHEAD, Bruce William – Left Unity
Spurtle plans to hold a hustings, provisionally scheduled for 27 August. More details will follow.
