FIVE candidates are standing for election to the Argyll and Bute seat in the UK Parliamentary Election on Thursday 7th May 2015.

Nominations for election closed at 4pm on Thursday 9th April 2015 and the Argyll and Bute candidates are (in alphabetical order):

Mary Galbraith (Scottish Labour Party)

Brendan O’Hara (Scottish National Party, SNP)

Alastair Redman (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)

Alan Reid (Scottish Liberal Democrats)

Caroline Santos (UK Independence Party, UKIP)