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Environment, climate and energy

Every candidate's published position on this one topic, side by side, in ballot-paper order.

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Age

Adults in the household

One adultA coupleOther adults sharing

Children or dependants

NoneYoungest under 5School age (5 to 17)Adult dependant

Housing

Household income before tax, per year

Work

Studying

Not a studentAt school or collegeAt university

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Anyone in the household is disabled or has a long-term health condition

YesNo

Anyone in the household is an unpaid carer

YesNo

Anyone in the household is on a UK visa, or seeking asylum

YesNo

The household receives any means-tested benefit (Universal Credit, Pension Credit, etc.)

YesNo

The household owns or regularly drives a car

YesNo

Anyone in the household has served in the armed forces

YesNo

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1Lauren BirdScottish Greens

No published position found.

2Jeff DiackScottish National Party (SNP)

No published position found.

3Freddie JohnScottish Conservative and Unionist

No published position found.

4Simon McLeanIndependent

No published position found.

5John McLeodReform UK

No published position found.

6Kusum SingalIndependent

No published position found.

7Sandy StephenScottish Liberal Democrats

No published position found.

8Willie YoungScottish Labour Party

No published position found.

Each position is quoted exactly from its source; the line beneath is a reading aid, not the record. Back to all candidates.

Go deeper on environment, climate and energy: independent sources

None of these is affiliated with a party. Where a source campaigns for a position, the label says so. Links open the original site.

Carbon Brief — Carbon Brief. Specialist climate journalism.
Climate Change Committee — Climate Change Committee. Statutory independent adviser to Parliament.
Ofgem: energy price cap — Ofgem. Official energy regulator.

Cross-cutting: polling, fact-checking, parliamentary research

Commons Library: constituency data dashboards — House of Commons Library. Parliamentary research service, impartial by statute.
electionleaflets.org: archive of election leaflets, searchable by area — Democracy Club. Civic-technology archive; leaflets are the parties' own material.
Electoral Commission: political finance register (donations, loans, spending) — Electoral Commission. Official register.
Full Fact — Full Fact. Independent fact-checking charity.
House of Commons Library research briefings — House of Commons Library. Parliamentary research service, impartial by statute.
Institute for Government — Institute for Government. Independent think tank on how government works.
Ipsos Issues Index: what the public says matters most — Ipsos. Polling company (monthly, unprompted survey).
LG Inform: council performance and finance data — Local Government Association. Sector body for councils.
Local Elections Archive Project: every council result since 2002 — Andrew Teale. Independent archive from Returning Officers' data, CC BY-SA.
mySociety Local Intelligence Hub: data by constituency — mySociety. Civic-technology charity; non-partisan.
UK Parliament: Commons votes (every division, how each MP voted) — UK Parliament. Official record, Open Parliament Licence.
UK Parliament: petitions, with signatures by constituency — UK Parliament. Official record.