Lists of by-election candidates

Voters in Livingston and Cathcart go to the polls on 29 September

Voters go to the polls on Thursday, 29 September to elect candidates in the Livingston and Cathcart by-elections.

The by-election for the Livingston seat in the Commons resulted from the death of former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook.

The by-election for the Cathcart seat at Holyrood followed the resignation of Labour's Mike Watson, who was convicted of fire-raising.

BBC Scotland's news website lists the candidates standing in both seats.

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List of candidates in Livingston by-election (alphabetic by surname)

Peter Adams - UKIP

John Allman - Alliance For Change

Melville Brown - Independent

Angela Constance - SNP

Jim Devine - Scottish Labour

Charles Dundas - Liberal Democrats

Brian Gardner - Socialist Party of Great Britain

Gordon Lindhurst - Conservatives

Steve Nimmo - Scottish Socialists

David Robertson - Greens

Mr Cook had a majority of 13,000 in May's general election.

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List of candidates in Cathcart by-election (alphabetic by surname)

Richard Cook - Conservatives

Christopher Creighton - Independent

Charlie Gordon - Scottish Labour

Pat Lally - Independent

Bryan McCormack - UKIP

Arthur Sanderson - Lib Dems

Ronnie Stevenson - Scottish Socialists

Chloe Stewart - Scottish Greens

Maire Whitehead - SNP

Lord Watson held a majority of 5,112 in the 2003 Scottish Parliament election.