Holyrood 2026

Next year’s Scottish Parliament election is a huge opportunity. We can elect more Scottish Green MSPs than ever before, to stand against the rise of the far-right and fight for people and planet.

Green Candidates for Edinburgh & Lothian East

Lorna Slater, Kate Nevens and Q Manivannan are our top three candidates to be MSPs in Edinburgh and Lothian East region. Our other candidates are: Kayleigh Kinross-O’Neill, Chas Booth, Adam Al-Khateb, Jo Phillips, Mridul Wadhwa, Dan Heap, Astri Kvassnes, Alex Staniforth and Mariusz Cebulski.

We’re just getting started – join our campaign

Come along as we get started on our campaign for the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections.

What’s the plan?

We’d like everyone who supports our Green policies to get involved in our campaign – your don’t have to be a member of the Scottish Greens.

So we’re holding open ‘Let’s Get Started!’ meetings over the coming weeks where you can find out how to take part in activities as the campaign progresses.

Keep an eye out for upcoming events and contact the local team in your area to keep in the loop.

Register to vote

There’s no time like the present! Get on the electoral register to make sure that you can vote in the Scottish Parliament elections.

Anyone age 16 and over living in Scotland can vote in Scottish elections. This includes citizens of other countries who live here.

You just need to register to vote. You can register to vote from the age of 14, although you don’t get to vote until you are 16.

Register to vote here

Upcoming events

Donate

We don’t take corporate money and we don’t have rich benefactors pulling our strings. Our donations come from ordinary individuals who care about people and planet – please help if you can afford to.

Make a Donation here