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List of candidates standing in the 2012 Dumfries and Galloway Council elections

Who will you choose?Read

Guide on how to vote

TODAY'S election will use the Single Transferable Vote system.Read

Scottish Conservative Party statements week 1

IT IS often overlooked that, for the past five years, the council has been a Conservative-led administration.Read

Labour Group election statements week 1

LABOUR launched its manifesto for the council elections with a promise to put people first.Read

SNP election statements week 1

THE SNP go into this election with a strong track record:Read

Liberal Democrat election statements week 1

THE LIBERAL Democrats have announced five candidates.Read

Statements from candidates standing as Independents or with no political designation (part 1 of 2)

THERE are a number of candidates who have chosen to stand as Independents, or with no political designation.Read

Independent candidate statements (Part 2 of 2)

SOME candidates have chosen to contest the council elections free of any political banner.Read

Green Party statements

GREEN candidate Alis Ballance founded Moffat CAN in 2009, providing 26 local jobs, doorstep recycling for Lockerbie, Lochmaben, Moffat and Beattock, allotments, market garden, Scotland’s first aquaponicum, harvesting fruit, veg and fish all year round via renewable energy, and a furniture re-use project in Annan.Read

UKIP statements

UKIP offers a fresh alternative to the SNP-Lib-Lab-Con establishment parties.Read

Conservative Party statements week 2

IN A large, rural region like Dumfries and Galloway, the roads network is the lifeline of the economy, health service, tourism and much more.Read

Labour Party statements week 2

TACKLING Dumfries and Galloway’s jobs crisis will be the number one priority of a Labour council.Read

SNP statements week 2

THE SNP recognises the need for significant change in education and social work to shift the balance of public spending towards preventative measures.Read

Liberal Democrat statements week 2

LIBERAL Democrat candidates are calling for more police action to tackle irresponsible drivers.Read

Conservative Party statements week 3

OVER the last five years the Conservative-led administration has transformed the running of Dumfries and Galloway Council.Read

Labour Party statements week 3

“ENOUGH is enough” is the message from Labour councillors following a decision by Tory and SNP councillors to exclude Dumfries from a new £400,000 regeneration fund for towns in the region.Read

SNP election statements week 3

THE SNP believes that the council can contribute to economic development.Read

Liberal Democrat Party statements week 3

HUGH Young and Jock Dinwoodie seek to join a band of Liberal Democrats who punch above their weight on the council.Read

Conservative Party statements week 4

As has been stated before, for the last five years Dumfries and Galloway Council has been run by a Scottish Conservative minority administration, which has actually delivered nine out of the 10 manifesto commitments on which it was elected in 2007.Read

Labour Party statements week 4

AT the council elections tomorrow, local people face a clear choice between five more years of the same out of touch Tory council, or to vote for change with Labour.Read