The names and affiliations of candidates for the May 5 council election were announced this evening (Wednesday).
Four sitting councillors in the area are not seeking re-election: Alan Reid (LibDem, Cowal), Bobby Good (Con, Dunoon), Jim Anderson (Ind, Dunoon) and Jim Findlay (SNP, Bute).
Those seeking your votes are as follows:
Ward 6, Cowal
Gordon BLAIR (SNP)
Mark FEINMANN (Lab)
Lachie MACQUARIE (SNP)
Yvonne MCNEILLY (Con)
Fiona NELSON (ISP)
William SINCLAIR (LibDem)
Kenneth WHYTE (Ind)
Ward 7, Dunoon
George DARROCH (Ind)
Audrey E FORREST (SNP)
Daniel HAMPSEY (Con)
Gordon Graham MCKINVEN (Ind)
Ross MORELAND (LibDem)
Kaitlin WALLACE (Lab)
Susan WATLING (SFP)
Ward 8, Isle of Bute
Fraser GILLIES (Ind
Reeni KENNEDY-BOYLE (SNP)
Dawn MALCOLM (Lab)
Liz MCCABE (Ind)
Derek John MCFARLANE (LibDem)
Robert MCGOWAN (Alb)
Jean Murray MOFFAT I(Ind)
Ewan STUART (Grn)
Peter WALLACE (Con)
Party affiliations: Alb – Alba Party for Independence; Con – Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party; Grn – Scottish Greens; Ind – Independent; ISP – Independence for Scotland Party; Lab – Scottish Labour Party; LibDem – Scottish Liberal Democrats; SFP – Scottish Family Party; SNP – Scottish National Party.
Three councillors will be elected for each ward.
