A General Election is being held on Thursday 12 December 2019, the United Kingdom will go to the polls to elect 650 Members of Parliament to sit in the House of Commons (the lower house of the United Kingdom Parliament).
Hustings are being arranged across the United Kingdom, in various formats, to allow voters to in some way question or debate with candidates.
The Leith Links Community Council area sits within two constituencies;
- Edinburgh East
- Edinburgh North and Leith
We therefore thought it would be useful to let you know about a hustings taking part in each constituency, which you may wish to participate in.
if you are unsure which constituency you are in, click here to put your postcode into the handy online tool to find out.
Edinburgh East
The declared candidates for this constituency are:
- GILMORE, Sheila – Scottish Labour Party
- MILLER, Claire Helen Innes – Scottish Green Party
- PRICE, Eleanor Margaret Louise – Scottish Conservative and Unionist
- REILLY, Jill Mary – Scottish Liberal Democrats
- SHEPPARD, Tommy – Scottish National Party (SNP)
Edinburgh North and Leith
The declared candidates for this constituency are:
- ASTBURY, Heather Jane – Renew
- BROCK, Deidre Leanne – Scottish National Party (SNP)
- BURGESS, Steve – Scottish Green Party
- MCGILL, Iain – Scottish Conservative and Unionist
- MUNRO, Gordon John – Labour and Co-operative Party
- SPEIRS, Robert – Brexit Party
- WILSON, Bruce Roy – Scottish Liberal Democrats
