By Jonathan Isaby
The results have just been announced of the ballot for the regional list rankings of candidates for next year's Scottish Parliament elections. They are as follows:
Central Scotland (2007: 1 regional MSP, 0 constituency MSPs)
1. Margaret Mitchell MSP
2. Robert Crozier
3. Graham Simpson
4. Bob Burgess
5. Allan Finnie
6. Mark Brown
7. Jonathan Tidswell
Glasgow (2007: 1 regional MSP, 0 constituency MSPs)
1. Malcolm MacAskill
2. Ruth Davidson
3. Martin McIntyre
4. Iain Whyte
5. Andrew Morrison
6. David Meikle
7. Richard Sullivan
Highlands & Islands (2007: 2 regional MSPs, 0 constituency MSPs)
1. Jamie McGrigor MSP
2. Mary Scanlon MSP
3. Douglas Ross
4. Edward Mountain
5. Kerensa Carr
Lothians (2007: 1 regional MSP, 1 constituency MSP)
1. David McLetchie MSP
2. Gavin Brown MSP
3. Cameron Buchanan
4. Gordon Lindhurst
5. Iain McGill
6. Jamie Halcro Johnston
7. Scott Douglas
8. Christopher Donnelly
9. Andrew Hardie
Mid-Scotland & Fife (2007: 3 regional MSPs, 0 constituency MSPs)
1. Murdo Fraser MSP
2. Elizabeth Smith MSP
3. Miles Briggs
4. Belinda Don
5. Callum Campbell
6. Neil Benny
7. Ian McFarlane
8. Allan Smith
9. James Reekie
North East Scotland (2007: 2 regional MSPs, 0 constituency MSPs)
1. Alex Johnstone MSP
2. Nanette Milne MSP
3. Jimmy Buchan
4. Hughie Campbell Adamson
5. Ross Thomson
6. Stewart Whyte
7. Geordie Burnett Stuart
8. Sandy Wallace
9. Colin Stewart
10. Brian Docherty
South of Scotland (2007: 1 regional MSP, 3 constituency MSPs)
1. Derek Brownlee MSP
2. John Scott MSP
3. Peter Duncan*
4. Gill Dykes
5. Grant Fergusson
6. Colin McGavigan
* John Lamont MSP was third on the list but has elected to stand solely in his existing constituency of Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
West of Scotland (2007: 2 regional MSPs, 0 constituency MSPs)
1. Annabel Goldie MSP
2. Jackson Carlaw MSP
3. Maurice Golden
4. Stephanie Fraser
5. Alistair Haw
6. Graham Smith
7. Mark Nolan
8. Alistair Campbell
9. Gordon McCaskill
