Election candidates come out to support divestment
We’re asking candidates for the 4 May elections to sign our call for sustainable investment. Sign up at https://t.co/9GNTKdkOIQ #divest pic.twitter.com/f6OjrZw7US
— FoE Scotland (@FoEScot) April 26, 2017
Activists across Scotland have been busy asking election candidates to sign our petition for councils to divest from fossil fuels.
On 4 May new councillors will be elected across the country. They will have the power to get councils out of polluting companies to instead invest the £35 billion local government pension scheme in a way that doesn’t drive climate change.
The following candidates have signed our petition:
| John | Dennis | Independent | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Laura | Moodie | Green | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Lesley | Brennan | Labour | Dundee |
| Richard | McCready | Labour | Dundee |
| Laura | Forrest | SNP | East Lothian |
| Fraser | McAllister | SNP | East Lothian |
| Elisabeth | Wilson | Liberal Democrats | East Lothian |
| David | Allison | Green | East Renfrewshire |
| Chas | Booth | Green | Edinburgh City |
| Steve | Burgess | Green | Edinburgh City |
| Mary | Campbell | Green | Edinburgh City |
| Dan | Heap | Green | Edinburgh City |
| John | Knox | Liberal Democrats | Edinburgh City |
| Sara | Marsden | Green | Edinburgh City |
| Iain | McKinnon-Waddell | Green | Edinburgh City |
| Claire | Miller | Green | Edinburgh City |
| John | Nichol | Green | Edinburgh City |
| Alexander | Staniforth | Green | Edinburgh City |
| Evelyn | Weston | Green | Edinburgh City |
| Debra | Pickering | Green | Falkirk |
| Janine | Rennie | Independent | Falkirk |
| Fergus | Cook | Green | Fife |
| Craig | Duncan | Solidarity | Fife |
| Karen | Majoram | SNP | Fife |
| Andy | Collins | Green | Fife |
| David | Hansen | Green | Fife |
| Bill | Mair | Solidarity | Fife |
| Fiona | McOwan | Green | Fife |
| Cass | MacGregor | Green | Glasgow City |
| Andrew | Smith | Green | Glasgow City |
| Martha | Wardrop | Green | Glasgow City |
| Chris | Ballance | Green | Highland |
| Sandra | Owsnett | Green | Highland |
| Ian | Baxter | Green | Midlothian |
| Malcolm | Spaven | Green | Midlothian |
| John | Mitchell | Liberal Democrats | Moray |
| Johnny | McCloskey | Independent | North Ayrshire |
| Robert | Kay | Green | North Lanarkshire |
| Simon | Tarry | Independent | Orkney |
| Elspeth | Coutts | Green | Perth & Kinross |
| Sarah | Anderson | Green | Renfrewshire |
| Emma | McShane | Green | Renfrewshire |
| Catriona | Hamilton | Green | Scottish Borders |
| Craig | Dalzell | Green | South Lanarkshire |
| Isobel | Dorman | SNP | South Lanarkshire |
| Linda | Hendry | Green | Stirling East |
| Jim | Bollan | Unite/Community Party | West Dunbartonshire |
| Sean | Quinn | Green | West Dunbartonshire |
| Elaine | Mallon | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | West Lothian |
| Scott | Rogers | Labour | West Lothian |
Help us grow this list! You can find who’s standing for the 4th May elections in your area using this tool created by our friends at Walk Cycle Vote. You can then email your candidates using our template message or send them a Tweet.
If you’re a candidate and you want to be added to this list simply sign our petition at reinvest.scot/join.
This blog was updated with additional signatures at 5pm on 3rd May 2017.