Tuesday November 10th 2026
West Lothian's Green Candidates. Alexander Macrae,(Fauldhouse and Breich Valley) Pamela Barnes (Linlithgow), Samantha Tonge,(East Livingston and East Calder and Ruaridh Oliphant (Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh). Copyright: Scottish Greens
Written by Local Democracy Reporter, Stuart Sommerville
The starter’s flag has been raised in the race to the 2027 council elections.
Scottish Greens have announced their candidates for the vote for new West Lothian councillors, which takes place on 6 May.
The Greens will contest seven of the nine council wards.
The party announced their candidates this week with campaigner Pamela Barnes saying the party aims to build on the success of this year’s Holyrood election results.
The Scottish Greens had what they described as a “ breakthrough year” in this year’s national poll, electing 15 MSPs to Holyrood with the party highest ever vote share.
Pamela Barnes, candidate for Linlithgow, said: “The party aims to harness the enthusiasm of its growing membership to deliver another record result in the local elections.
“Having the first Green councillors elected in West Lothian will allow us to act on vital issues like transport, affordable housing and the environment. Scottish Green councillors will fight for stronger local democratic accountability and push back against hyper-scale data centres which threaten our communities and will endanger our climate and energy supply.”
The Green candidates are:-
Pamela Barnes – Linlithgow
Ruaridh Oliphant – Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh
Cameron Glasgow – Livingston South
Samantha Tonge – East Livingston & East Calder
Alexander Macrae – Fauldhouse & Breich Valley
Siobhan Flannigan – Bathgate
Andrew Rodgers – Armadale & Blackridge.
No Green candidates have been named for the Livingston North ward, or for Whitburn and Blackburn.
With a record number of serving councillors likely to retire at the upcoming elections this could be a breakthrough year for smaller parties. West Lothian Council has been dominated by Labour and SNP since its formation.
The biggest change in recent years was the election of seven Conservatives, winning 23% of the vote in 2017.
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