#Jessie Fife

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While looking up faces for my characters, I used a number of randoes to actuals. New Profile Pic, the AI Art Generator has improved a lot of my story telling capabilities. Then they started to add features over the years… This is one of the best features they’ve added in a long time. Some of my favorite things in life are women, chicks, dames, broads, ladies, girls, females in general, imagination land, wings & fantasy. 🤙🏽

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Bridgerton: Toxic Masculinity, Loneliness & Disclosure

Bridgerton, S03E01, "Out of the Shadows"

Bridgerton, S03E04, "Old Friends"

I love these two scenes. There are the obvious and compelling parallels that point to the causal relationship between toxic masculinity and loneliness. And there are some other fun things going on too.

Eloise and Benedict's relationship is so wonderful to watch because of its apparent ease. As the second-born son and daughter personifying various shades of rebellion, they hold similar positions in the family. Eloise and Benedict understand each other.

On the other hand, Eloise and Colin's relationship is underrated in its inherent tension and their ability to clock each other and not let the other off the hook. Eloise and Colin see each other (even when they're trying to hide).

Which brings me to (the lack of) disclosure in each of these scenes:

When Colin tells Eloise, "A man cannot tell his secrets," he's trying to avoid revealing himself and his newly minted rake persona as fraudulent. This lack of disclosure is a betrayal of self, and Eloise can see right through it.

When he tells his friends, "A gentleman must keep some things to himself," he's trying to do the opposite. By not disclosing the information about his sexual encounters that they're salivating for, he's revealing himself to be the kind and sensitive person he's always been. He doesn't want to betray himself anymore.

In the second scene, he's striving for self-awareness and emotional intelligence. It's the bare minimum, but in Regency romance, this behaviour is exceptional (as in, the exception). More of this, please.

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Me in the back, middle w/ Mary Ann Jackson and "The Up All Night Blues Band". R.I.P. the late Martin "Big Boy" Grant.

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2nd March 1938 saw the arrest by MI5 of Jessie Jordan, the Dundee hairdresser who would later be convicted as a German spy.

Jessie Jordan was part of a ring of Nazi spies and agitators who worked to undermine the Allies before and during World War II.

War widow Jessie Jordan worked as a hairdresser to support her family before remarrying and trying to make it as a singer and actress. But she became infamous for a performance of a different kind.

Jessie, along with Tory toff Archibald Ramsay, was part of a ring of Nazi spies and agitators who worked to undermine the Allies before and during World War  Two.

Jessie Jordan’s double life as a spy was exposed after her landlord found a map of Scotland’s military barracks in her handbag, with the hair stylist in the pay of German intelligence organisation Abwehr arrested on March 2, 1938.

Jordan was sentenced to four years in jail after admitting to sharing secrets of Scotland’s coastal defences with the German intelligence services.

At her trial in New York, the court heard the Fife depot was of first-class national importance to the defence services with the sketch of ‘very great value to the pilot of enemy bombing plane seeking out his objective,’ a report of the court proceedings said.

She met her first husband, Frederick Jordan, from Hamburg, while he worked as a waiter in Dundee. After marrying in 1912, she moved to Germany.

She was hired by Abwehr just before returning to Scotland in 1937. On her appointment, she wrote: “I was now approaching the most dangerous and exciting period of my life. I was about to become a spy in the interests of Germany. I did not take this step because I bore Britain any ill-will or had become pro-German. Nothing could be further from the truth. I only did it to oblige friends in Germany and because I felt it would afford some excitement ...”

Jordan told immigration officials that she returned to Scotland to track down details of her birth father given she needed an Ahnenpass, a certificate based on church records that demonstrated her family line contained no Jewish heritage. It was all lies. 

At her trial, the extent of German intelligence gathering in the United States ahead of the outbreak of World War Two emerged. Jordan sold military information to Nazi German for two years and was the central figure in a major espionage ring stretching throughout Europe to New York and Washington.

Letters from operatives were received at the hairdressing salon in Dundee’s Kinloch Street, which she set up after returning to Scotland. Former salon owners Mary and John Curran became suspicious of her activities given Jordan was “unusually keen” to secure the shop, offering double the market value despite its downmarket address.

The Currans surreptitiously searched Jordan’s handbag: inside they found a map of Scotland on which the location of military barracks had been marked in pencil. They showed it to the police before slipping it back in place

At the Dundee salon, letters postmarked New York were discovered, some which contained requests for spy equipment,blank American passports and cash. All were to be routed via the Dundee hairdresser.

After her arrest, she was sent to Saughton Prison but transferred to Aberdeen at the outbreak of World War Two.

She was described as a “model prisoner” who busied herself with needlework. Released in 1941 she was interned again for the rest of the war before being deported. She died in Hamburg in 1954.

[newberyandchai]

The Slave Dancer (1974)

A review quote on the back of this book called it "horrifying," and that word is 110% accurate in describing my reading experience. I had to look up from time to time just to mentally process what I had just read.

The Slave Dancer is banned in virtually all school districts, and I certainly never saw it on any classroom shelf. It depicts in vivid detail the grotesque conditions of a boat heading to and from Africa to take a group of 98 slaves to America in the mid-1800s. The main character Jessie is kidnapped and forced to play his fife for the slaves each day to keep them active so their muscles don't atrophy over the course of the four-month journey. They're forced to do a kind of shuffle-dance in their chains, and if they don't move fast enough, they get whipped by a cat-o'-nine — a whip with nine knotted "tails." Both the crew and the slaves are subjected to the cat-o'-nine if they don't do what they're told (blah blah something about symbolism and how even the slavers are slaves to the industry...).

Jessie says, "I saw the others regarded the slaves as less than animals, although having a greater value in gold." The crew jam-packs the ship with so many slaves that there is nowhere for them to move. (I have memories of cramming into a crowded PRT car at WVU at the last minute, taking shallow breaths to avoid breathing in someone's body odor or too-strong perfume that's taken over the entire car — I'm imagining that discomfort tenfold.) There's so little space that many of the slaves afflicted with dysentery can't even make it to the latrine buckets fast enough because there are just too many people to get past.

Each day some of the crew tosses dead bodies overboard, with even some still alive if they're thought to be sick and spreading illness. Jessie notices a very young girl who makes a scene upon boarding the ship. She dies only a few days into the journey: "[Stout] held her upside down, his fingers gripping one thin brown ankle. Her eyes were open, staring at nothing. Foam had dried about her mouth. With one gesture, Stout flung her into the water." Jessie protests and is slapped by one of the crew in return.

There was one scene that I think will stick with me for a very long time. Ben Stout, one of the crewmembers in charge of the slaves (and whom Jessie feels is a truly evil man), drops Jessie's fife down into the slaves' hold and forces him to go retrieve it as a kind of sick punishment.

"I caught sight of a black face turned up toward the light. The man blinked his eyes, but there was no surprise written on his face. He had only looked up to see what was to befall him next. I went down the rope knowing my boots would strike living bodies. There was not an inch of space for then to move to. I sank down among them as though I had been dropped into the sea. I heard groans, the shifting of shackles, the damp sliding whisper of sweating arms and legs as the slaves tried desperately to curl themselves even tighter. ... To search the hold meant I would have to walk upon the blacks."

I can't even imagine the smell. For four months, day after day, week after week, with friends and family members who couldn't survive the trip simply being tossed overboard each morning... There's no way to comprehend the scale of that tragedy today, and nothing we experience in the U.S. could even come close.

At the end of the book, the crew sees a rival ship that could board and arrest them for being part of the slave trade, so the crew starts throwing the chained slaves overboard right and left to destroy the evidence. To top it off, a storm devastates the boat immediately after. Only Jessie and a single slave boy survive; every other slave and crewmember has either drowned or been killed. Jessie makes it home, but he lives with the memory of those months for the rest of his life. As a result, he can no longer tolerate hearing music of any kind.

This book reminded me a lot of the Studio Ghibli movie Grave of the Fireflies. It's a movie I think everyone should watch at some point in their life, but only once — no one would ever watch it a second time for fun. It's about two young siblings trying to survive alone in WW2-era Japan, and ultimately they both slowly starve to death. (Cinema Therapy's review of this movie examines it in depth if you're looking for a summary/don't want to submit yourself to the trauma of watching the whole thing.)

It's an important story that shouldn't be forgotten, but not for its entertainment value. My takeaway is that I think historical fiction has equal value to real history, in some cases, because it's able to humanize the past. Reading "many slaves did not survive the journey to America" in a textbook is just not the same as reading a description of a dead child being flung overboard by her ankle.

I don't know how this book fits into the larger conversation around banned books. This is a work I don't think someone under 13 should read, and even that's pushing it. I believe kids can handle a lot more than we give them credit for, but this was too much.

5/10 for the sheer devastation this brought, and I don't think I can give a Recommendable/Not Recommendable rating because it's in the same place as Grave of the Fireflies: the "this is important to preserve and talk about, but not fun in the slightest and will stay in your head in some capacity for the rest of your life" category.

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My Favorite Couples On TV:

#3. Barney Fife and Thelma Lou (sorry for it being blurry) 9/10

#2. Rob and Laura Petrie (Dick Van dyke and Mary Tyler Moore) 10/10

#1. Perry Mason and Della Street! Always. Forever. So cute. I loved this part in the show. For gosh’s sake, Della, kiss his other cheek! 1,000, 000, 000, 000+/ 10

 FAV ANIMATED COUPLES:

#1. Buzz and Jessie. The end. 10/10

#2. Fred and Daphne (I know someone made this, but I had to share it anyway) 10/10

#3. Bob and Helen Parr (Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl) 100/10

FAVORITE MOVIE COUPLES:

Nick and Nora Charles from the Thin Man Movies 100/10

Anne and Gilbert! 100/10

Chip and Hilde (far left, from On The Town) 10/10

[thechanelmuse]

Black American Music Month

• ELIZABETH “LIBBA” COTTEN - She was a maid at 9, wrote a hit song at 11 — and won a Grammy at 93. Not to mention she was a self-taught left-handed guitarist who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player, but played it upside down. This position meant that she would play the bass lines with her fingers and the melody with her thumb.

• SISTER ROSETTA THARPE- The “Godmother of Rock & Roll.” She helped shape modern popular music, was one of the few Black female guitarists to ever find commercial success and the first artist to blend gospel with the secular.

• ODETTA HOLMES - Known as “The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement.” In 1963, she sang for the masses on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the March on Washington. Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals.

• PEGGY JONES - Nicknamed “Lady Bo” played rhythm guitar in Bo Diddley's band in the late 1950s and early 1960s, becoming one of the first (perhaps the first) female rock guitarists in a highly visible rock band. Sometimes called the “Queen Mother of Guitar.”

• LIZZIE “MEMPHIS MINNIE” DOUGLAS - Known as the “Queen of the Blues,” was a singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Her title stems from her legacy of successfully recording music across four decades as well as being the lone female voice in a male dominated blues scene.

• NORMA JEAN WOFFORD - Nicknamed “The Duchess” by Bo Diddley, she was the second female guitarist in Diddley's backing band.

• ALGIA MAE HINTON - She was widely recognized as a master picker and buckdancer in the Piedmont styles. She would often play her guitar behind her head while buck dancing.

• ETTA BAKER - She was a Piedmont blues/folk guitarist and singer who began playing the guitar at age 3. Taught by her father, long-time Piedmont player Boone Reid, Etta played 6-string and 12-string acoustic guitar, and 5-string banjo. She was a master of the blues guitar style that became popular in the southern piedmont after the turn of the century.

• JESSIE MAE HEMPHILL - A legend of hill country blues guitar. She grew up in a lineage of familial fife-and-drums bands from northern Mississippi, rose to popularity in the mid-1980s and had a fruitful career during which she performed around the globe, traveling mostly on her own. She played in open tunings and, having started as a drummer, had a percussive guitar style that included slapping and banging the instrument. She would also tie a tambourine around her calf, which, together with her strumming-and-drumming guitar work, gave her performance the sound of a one-woman-band.

• BEVERLY “GUITAR” WATKINS - One part soul singer, one part rockin' roadhouse mama, and one part gifted songwriter. She's been chronically under-recorded for a woman with her résumé, performing with the likes of James Brown, Ray Charles and Otis Redding. She didn’t record her first album until she was 60. Her blistering licks on a 1962 red Fender Mustang earned her the well-deserved nickname “Guitar.” She gon’ put on a show:

One more for good measure:

• WILLIE MAE “BIG MAMA” THORNTON - Also referred to as “The Godmother of Rock & Roll.” She was a blues singer, songwriter, self-taught drummer, and harmonica player. She was the first to record "Hound Dog", in 1952, which became her biggest hit, staying seven weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B chart in 1953 and selling almost two million copies. She also helped to shape the sound and style of “Texas-blues,” an evolving blues sub-genre known to incorporate swing and big band elements.

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[ars-matron]

Rules: answer 17 questions and tag 17 people you’d like to know better

@thestoryoflight tagged me. Thank you, dear, it was fun getting to know you better ♡

Nickname: everyone calls me Jess, just like automatically, I never ask them to in person, I always introduce myself as Jessica.... Another Jessica started going to my school growing up so after a week of people yelling "Jessica!" Just to watch us both turn around people started calling me JJ.

Then...in no particular order. Jester. Messy Jessy. Monkey Butt (thank you grandma). Maradeth. And now The Ars Matron

Zodiac: Aquarius!

Height: 5′3.5″ but I just say 5'4" for things like my ID and the doctor cuz it's easier.

House: Slytherin! All the way. My next closest house was Ravenclaw.

Last thing I googled: Animal shelters near me, I want to donate some extra litter and blankets to them.

Song in my head: Nothing at the moment. Most often it's Just Dropped In by Kenny Rogers....why, you ask? The Big Lebowski

Followers and following: I don't actually know. I don't really care. I had a lot before the Purge and in a fit of disgust deleted my blogs. I came back mostly because I keep getting sick and wanted a place for my readers to find me if I went too long without posting anything on AO3

Amount of sleep: Not nearly enough

Lucky number: The numbers 2, 5, 7, 8, and 0 always follow me around. I see them more as guiding numbers than lucky numbers.

Dream job: hmmmmmm. I guess just getting paid to write would be awesome

Wearing: Black T-shirt from The Surly Wench, my favorite local pub. And flamingo lounge pants that are two sizes too big.

Fave songs: oh man... Pretty much anything Mark Lanegan. I'll just throw some links your way.

Carnival, Mark Lanegan

Hit the City, Mark Lanegan and PJ Harvey

Methamphetamine Blues, Mark Lanegan

Josephine, Mark Lanegan

Bananas, That 1 Guy (Hilarious and lovely, listen to it!)

Mustaches, That 1 Guy (Same as Bananas...really all of his songs are like this)

If want to see more of the insane jumble of music that I enjoy, HERE is a link to my personal playlist on youtube. Enjoy!

Instruments? Started playing the violin when I was 9 years old moved on to the viola at 12 (stopped playing 16 because my teacher was a sexist idiot) with the help of my friends I taught myself how to play the flute at 13 (our band teacher didn't know how to play the flute, so the whole flute section was just winging it... again, he was an idiot)… taught the band teacher how to play the fife when the school got a bunch donated when I was about 15. (It was the first time I'd ever seen a fife and I learned it on my own in an afternoon, but it was beyond the capacity of a man in his 50s who had taught band for 20 years to figure out)

Random fact: You mean besides having a deep dislike towards my old band teacher ?(≧▽≦)

I'm legally blind. I just feel like it's going to be something most people on the internet don't know about me. And the blind community is so often shoved under the bus I always want to make sure it's seen in some way shape or form. I was born with cataracts, and ocular albinism (and possibly retinas pigmentosa That one is hard to pinpoint but it runs in my family so I keep an eye on it) I went to the Arkansas school for the blind, lived on campus from age 9 to 16 until we moved closer to the school, which was one reason Harry Potter really caught my attention growing up. I've had two major eye surgeries, and one laser surgery (I’ll most likely need more as I get older and the cataracts keep growing back), and I really, probably, need to start using a cane....

Favorite Authors:  Robin Hobb is hands down my favorite. Please read Realm of the Elderlings and come yell at me about them!!

I also love. Philip K Dick, Chuck Palanuik, C S Friedman, Robert Jordan, Douglas Adams, and Maggie Stiefvater. I'm sure I'm missing a few. I'm gonna go ahead and put Hunter S Thompson in cuz I need to finish Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas but the little I've read so far is amazing.

Fave animal sounds: For some reason my cousin and I were curious about what peacocks sound like one night and looked it up and now the thought of peacocks warbling always makes me so happy cuz of how funny we found it when bored and hyper that one night.

Aesthetic: Oh man...Dark Academia, is one. Though I usually dress more grunge for someone who is slightly too young to have lived through the grunge era. Also I love bright colors. Rainbows, mishmash, eclectic everything. I'm all over the place, really. My goal is to start adding some 1940s vintage looks into my wardrobe.

Tag People: Okay I don’t know about tagging 17 people, but I’ll just start tagging whoever comes to mind. Prepare yourselves. And none of you are under any obligation to do this! In no particular order! @listeningboy @xupz @hermitknut @mahalsbutt @d2diamond @genuine-firefly @grompbutt @peonyfoxburr @inkaalhun @beescream @king-ghidorah (Because why no all the rote people I can think of) Okay...If you see this and want to do it and I didn’t tag you please do it and tag me and I’ll look! 

[gauntsghostsfieldguide]

His Last Command- Part 4

 @the-fluffy-underbelly

SIX

“By the grace of the God-Emperor, this hearing is closed.” Very sudden! And we hear no more testimony from any of the others. Whatever happened on Gereon between the books is barely explained. I wish we’d gotten more details, but on the other hand, the vagueness opens avenues for fic.

Van Voytz pulled a lot of strings, which he’s very vague about.

“A special honour or decoration may be approved eventually.” Maybe. Possibly. But don’t hold your breath.

“In the last twelve months, the Second Front has lost thirty-two per cent more to taint or suspected taint than during the previous phase. Whole units are deserting the field. Some are even changing sides.” Well, that’s deeply not good.

“The Tanith First was your last command.” Sort of title drop!

“ You can’t go back to commanding the Tanith First, because the Tanith First doesn’t exist anymore.” Oh shit! What happened to them?

SEVEN

“Crookshank Thrice-wrought was hunting. The urge to do so was knotting his omnivorous stomach and needling at the tiny, primitive lump of his brain. Quietly, he clambered his great bulk along a ridge of broken ruby quartz. The only sounds he made were the slight clicks of his thick claws against the quartz, the low wheeze of his phlegmy lungs.” Obviously some weird, creepy thing. And in the step cities. Perhaps they’re the problem?

There’s mines in a place once swept and found clean. Someone’s really sneaky.

Who the feth made Meryn captain?

“Flyn Meryn was as fond of giving orders now as he had been as a lowly squad leader. In Caffran’s opinion, Wilder hadn’t made many mistakes during the mix, but Meryn’s promotion was surely one.” Oh, yeah. Major mistake.

“ Vaguely humanoid, with stunted legs and vast arms and shoulders, the once-wrought weighed around four hundred kilos. The raw, pink flesh of his broad chest was smeared with blood, and tatters of meat dangled from his huge, underbiting snout. Patches of long, black hair trailed from a flat, almost indented scalp that still showed the healing scars of surgery, and hung down across tiny, pig-eyes that glinted behind an implanted iron visor.” Well, that’s gross.

Jessi Banda’s a good shot! And she’s dating Meryn. Another mistake. Seriously, why would she date him. He’s bargain basment Rawne, at best.

“ Braden Baskevyl, Wilder’s number two and a keen promoter of esprit de corps, had spent most of the last evening in camp encouraging a little improvisation between the regimental musicians. Belladon fifes and Tanith pipes. It sounded like a disenchanted cat being elaborately stabbed in a sack.” LOL.

“ He pitied the Tanith First for the body-blows it had taken on Herodor and afterwards, but sometimes he was secretly a little glad the other guy was dead. His job would have been so much harder if any hope had remained.” Do I have news for him.

[tellmeoflegends]

9 Favorite Albums

I was tagged by @thedarkmetallady

These are not in any form of order, it's just the way my brain went, "Oh! And this one! And this!"

1. Anggun "Snow On the Sahara"

2. Voltaire "Heart-Shaped Wound"

3. Loreena McKennitt "The Visit"

4. Enigma "Le Roi Est Mort, Vive le Roi!"

5. Lindsey Stirling "Shatter Me"

6. Gloryhammer "Tales From the Kingdom of Fife"

7. Jessie Cook "Nomad"

8. The Rasmus "Dead Letters"

9. Norah Jones "Come Away With Me"

Tagging: @tropicalcap @kingarthurscat @torhallatalaksdater @raelynae @tilltheendwilliwrite @whirlybirbs @australet789 @timmys-and-scribbles and anyone else who'd like to join in!

[ask-bendy-boy-universe]

A little Rp

Jessy: hello I am Jessy nice too meet chu!

Jamie: hello I am Jamie how are you hotstuff?

Bendy boy: golly it is nice too meet ya guys i hope we can be best pals!

Jess: heya

Alisha: howdy!

Pic one and Two: Jess

Pic three: Bendy boy(Jamie)

Pic four: Bendy boy (Bendy)

Pic fife: Alisha

[wemyssware-blog]

🌟Happy Wemyss Wednesday🌟

This is Robert Heron and his sister Jessie. Robert inherited the Fife Pottery in Kirkcaldy, the birth pottery of Wemyss Ware. Robert travelled to Bohemia to find the skilful artist Karel Nekola and brought him back to Fife and the rest is history📜

[graeme-from-it]

Scotland - May 2017- non “main” party council candidates

Aberdeen City Council Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone Ward Coral DUTHIE Independent Bridge of Don Ward Simon MCLEAN Independent Bridge of Don Ward John Michael REYNOLDS Independent Bridge of Don Ward George SAUNDERS Independent Northfield/Mastrick North Ward Faith Jason ROBERTSON-FOY Independent Hilton/Woodside/Stockethill Ward David Page HENDERSON Independent Midstocket/Rosemount Ward Dustin MACDONALD Independent Midstocket/Rosemount Ward Bill ROBB Independent Lower Deeside Ward Marie BOULTON Independent Lower Deeside Ward Kenneth Raymond PRATT Independent Torry/Ferryhill Ward David FRYER Independent Kincorth/Nigg/Cove Ward Finlay CROSSAN Independent Kincorth/Nigg/Cove Ward Andy FINLAYSON Independent --- --- --- --- Aberdeenshire Council Banff and District Ward John COX Independent Troup Ward Hamish PARTRIDGE Independent Fraserburgh and District Ward Doreen MAIR Independent Fraserburgh and District Ward Charlie REID Independent Fraserburgh and District Ward Ian TAIT Independent Fraserburgh and District Ward MICHAEL WATT Independent Central Buchan Ward Norman SMITH Independent Peterhead North and Rattray Ward Alan S BUCHAN Independent Peterhead North and Rattray Ward Iain SUTHERLAND Independent Peterhead South and Cruden Ward Stephen William CALDER Independent Peterhead South and Cruden Ward Sam COULL Independent Turriff and District Ward Sandy DUNCAN Independent Turriff and District Ward Mike RAWLINS Independent Mid Formartine Ward Jeff GOODHALL Independent Mid Formartine Ward Paul JOHNSTON Independent Stonehaven and Lower Deeside Ward Philip BISHOP Independent Mearns Ward Dave STEWART Independent Inverurie and District Judy Margaret WHYTE Others Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Anne REID Others --- --- --- --- Angus Council Brechin and Edzell Ward Bob MYLES Independent Brechin and Edzell Ward Jill SCOTT Independent Brechin and Edzell Ward Paul (Paula) Wilkins (Honey Rose) Independent Forfar and District Ward Colin BROWN Independent Forfar and District Ward Ian MCLAREN Independent Forfar and District Ward Ian WHYTE Independent Carnoustie and District Ward Bill BOWLES Independent Carnoustie and District Ward Brian David  BOYD Independent Carnoustie and District Ward David CHEAPE Independent Arbroath East and Lunan Ward Lois SPEED Independent Arbroath East and Lunan Ward Ian WATSON Independent Montrose and District Ward Mark SALMOND Independent Montrose and District Ward Tommy STEWART Independent Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim Ward David FAIRWEATHER Independent Arbroath East and Lunan Ward KEVIN SMITH Independent --- --- --- --- Argyll & Bute Council Ward 2 - Kintyre and the Islands John MCALPINE Independent Ward 3 - Mid Argyll Donnie MACMILLAN Independent Ward 3 - Mid Argyll Jane MCCURDIE Independent Ward 3 - Mid Argyll Douglas Trevor PHILAND Independent Ward 4 - Oban South and the Isles Mary-Jean DEVON Independent Ward 4 - Oban South and the Isles Alistair MACDOUGALL Independent Ward 4 - Oban South and the Isles Roddy MCCUISH Independent Ward 5 - Oban North and Lorn Brian BURNETT Independent Ward 5 - Oban North and Lorn Kieron GREEN Independent Ward 5 - Oban North and Lorn Neil MACKAY Independent Ward 5 - Oban North and Lorn Allan MCKIE Independent Ward 5 - Oban North and Lorn Grant NICHOLSON Independent Ward 5 - Oban North and Lorn Elaine ROBERTSON Independent Ward 6 - Cowal Alex MCNAUGHTON Independent Ward 7 - Dunoon John ALLISON Independent Ward 7 - Dunoon Jim ANDERSON Independent Ward 7 - Dunoon Brian LOGAN Independent Ward 7 - Dunoon Gordon MCKINVEN Independent Ward 7 - Dunoon Jimmy MCQUEEN Independent Ward 8 - Isle of Bute Fraser GILLIES Independent Ward 8 - Isle of Bute John MCCALLUM Independent Ward 8 - Isle of Bute Jean Murray MOFFAT Independent Ward 8 - Isle of Bute Len SCOULLAR Independent Ward 9 - Lomond North Fiona BAKER Independent Ward 9 - Lomond North George FREEMAN Independent Ward 9 - Lomond North Robert MACINTYRE Independent Ward 10 - Helensburgh Central James ROBB Independent Ward 11 - Helensburgh and Lomond South Mike CROWE Independent Ward 11 - Helensburgh and Lomond South Ian MACQUIRE Independent --- --- --- --- City Of Edinburgh Council Ward 1 - Almond John LONGSTAFF Independent Ward 4 - Forth Nicola ROSS Independent Ward 5 - Inverleith Tina WOOLNOUGH Independent Ward 6 - Corstorphine/Murrayfield John Ferguson SCOTT Independent Ward 9 - Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart Rojan SUBRAMANI Independent Ward 12 - Leith Walk Alan Gordon MELVILLE Independent Ward 12 - Leith Walk Harald  TOBERMANN Independent --- --- --- --- Clackmannanshire Council  Ward 1 Clackmannanshire West Thomas Joshua HARRISON Independent --- --- --- --- Dumfries & Galloway Council Ward 1 - Stranraer and the Rhins Tracy DAVIDSON Independent Ward 1 - Stranraer and the Rhins Robert MCCRAE Independent Ward 1 - Stranraer and the Rhins Marion MCCUTCHEON Independent Ward 2 - Mid Galloway and Wigtown West Jim MCCOLM Independent Ward 2 - Mid Galloway and Wigtown West John MCCUTCHEON Independent Ward 2 - Mid Galloway and Wigtown West Richard OXLEY Independent Ward 3 - Dee and Glenkens Andi HOLMES Independent Ward 3 - Dee and Glenkens Jane MAITLAND Independent Ward 3 - Dee and Glenkens Douglas SWAN Independent Ward 4 - Castle Douglas and Crocketford Iain HOWIE Independent Ward 4 - Castle Douglas and Crocketford George PRENTICE Independent Ward 5 - Abbey Belle DOYLE Independent Ward 8 - Lochar Yen HONGMEI JIN Independent Ward 8 - Lochar Maureen JOHNSTONE Independent Ward 9 - Nith Niall COWAN Independent Ward 9 - Nith Andrew CROSBIE Independent Ward 9 - Nith John DENNIS Independent Ward 9 - Nith David Robert SLATER Independent Ward 10 - Annandale South Allan WEILD Independent Ward 12 - Annandale East and Eskdale Craig PEACOCK Independent Ward 1 - Stranraer and the Rhins Willie SCOBIE Others Ward 3 - Dee and Glenkens John THOM Others Ward 5 - Abbey Tom MCAUGHTRIE Others Ward 6 - North West Dumfries Billy FARRIES Others Ward 7 - Mid and Upper Nithsdale Graham WATSON Others Ward 12 - Annandale East and Eskdale Denis MALE Others --- --- --- --- Dundee City Council Ward 1 - Strathmartine Ian BORTHWICK Independent Ward 2 - Lochee Tom FERGUSON Independent Ward 3 - West End Bradley BOOTH Independent Ward 6 - North East Alan BEDDOWS Independent Ward 7 - East End Darryl GUTHRIE Independent Ward 3 - West End Andrew MCBRIDE Local parties --- --- --- --- East Ayrshire Council Ward 1 - Annick Ellen FREEL Independent Ward 1 - Annick Gordon WALKER Independent Ward 4 - Kilmarnock East and Hurlford Raymond PATTISON Independent Ward 6 - Irvine Valley Ian KING Independent Ward 8 - Cumnock and New Cumnock Jessie OWENS Independent Ward 9 - Doon Valley Drew FILSON Independent Ward 9 - Doon Valley John YOUNG Independent Ward 6 - Irvine Valley Sally COGLEY Others Ward 6 - Irvine Valley David R GARTLAND Others Ward 7 - Ballochmyle David SHAW Others --- --- --- --- East Dunbartonshire Council Ward 2 - Bearsden North Duncan CUMMING Independent Ward 3 - Bearsden South Alan OLIVER Independent Ward 4 - Bishopbriggs North & Campsie Brian REID Independent Ward 6 - Lenzie & Kirkintilloch South Sandy TAYLOR Independent Ward 6 - Lenzie & Kirkintilloch South Alisdair SINCLAIR Independent Ward 7 - Kirkintilloch East & North & Twechar Willie PATERSON Independent --- --- --- --- East Lothian Council Ward 1 - Musselburgh John Murray CALDWELL Independent Ward 1 - Musselburgh Theresa SIVES Independent --- --- --- --- East Renfrewshire Council  Ward 1 - Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor Danny DEVLIN Independent Ward 2 - Newton Mearns North and Neilston Kirsteen ALLAN Independent Ward 3 - Giffnock and Thornliebank Paul DRURY Independent Ward 3 - Giffnock and Thornliebank Gordon MCCASKILL Independent Ward 3 - Giffnock and Thornliebank Savio Andrew D'SOUZA Independent Ward 4 - Clarkston, Netherlee and Williamwood David MACDONALD Independent Ward 4 - Clarkston, Netherlee and Williamwood Ralph ROBERTSON Independent Ward 5 - Newton Mearns South and Eaglesham Bev BROWN Independent Ward 2 - Newton Mearns North and Neilston David JESNER Others --- --- --- --- Falkirk Council Ward 2 - Grangemouth Robert SPEARS Independent Ward 3 - Denny and Banknock Brian MCCABE Independent Ward 3 - Denny and Banknock Anne MONTGOMERY Independent Ward 3 - Denny and Banknock Alexander John WADDELL Independent Ward 4 - Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst Safia ALI Independent Ward 5 - Bonnybridge and Larbert Janine Danielle RENNIE Independent Ward 5 - Bonnybridge and Larbert Billy BUCHANAN Independent Ward 8 - Lower Braes Ricky WILSON Independent Ward 8 - Lower Braes Steven JACKSON Independent Ward 8 - Lower Braes Sam HEMPLE Independent Ward 9 - Upper Braes Jim ROBERTSON Independent Ward 9 - Upper Braes Neil DURNING Independent --- --- --- --- Fife Council Ward 1 - West Fife & Coastal Villages Martin KEATINGS Independent Ward 3 - Dunfermline Central Doug HAY Independent Ward 3 - Dunfermline Central Deek JACKSON Independent Ward 5 - Rosyth Steven LECKIE Independent Ward 5 - Rosyth Alastair MACINTYRE Independent Ward 5 - Rosyth Mike SHIRKIE Independent Ward 6 - Inverkeithing & Dalgety Bay Helen CANNON-TODD Independent Ward 8 - Lochgelly Cardenden & Benarty James GLEN Independent Ward 9 - Burntisland Kinghorn & Western Kirkcaldy Peter GEORGE Independent Ward 9 - Burntisland Kinghorn & Western Kirkcaldy Roy William MACKIE Independent Ward 11 - Kirkcaldy Central Daniel PENMAN Independent Ward 12 - Kirkcaldy East Marie PENMAN Independent Ward 12 - Kirkcaldy East Matthew RITCHIE Independent Ward 13 - Glenrothes West & Kinglassie Bill BROWN Independent Ward 14 - Glenrothes North Leslie & Markinch Kyle MACKIE Independent Ward 15 - Glenrothes Central & Thornton Ian CRICHTON Independent Ward 15 - Glenrothes Central & Thornton Ian ROBERTSON Independent Ward 15 - Glenrothes Central & Thornton Bert THOMSON Independent Ward 16 - Howe of Fife & Tay Coast Jane FREER Independent Ward 18 - St. Andrews Clare FISHER Independent Ward 18 - St. Andrews Christopher MCKINLAY Independent Ward 18 - St. Andrews Dorothea MORRISON Independent Ward 22 - Buckhaven Methil & Wemyss Villages Eunice CAMERON Independent Ward 22 - Buckhaven Methil & Wemyss Villages Ronald HUNTER Independent Ward 14 - Glenrothes North Leslie & Markinch Jamie DONALDSON Others --- --- --- --- Glasgow City Council Ward 1 Linn Cathy MILLIGAN Independent Ward 1 Linn Bobby POLLOCK Independent Ward 3 Greater Pollok Dean WARD Independent Ward 3 Greater Pollok George LAIRD Independent Ward 8 Southside Central Mark FIDDY Independent Ward 10 Anderston/City/Yorkhill Gerry CREECHAN Independent Ward 10 Anderston/City/Yorkhill Gordon KEANE Independent Ward 16 Canal Billy MCALLISTER Independent Ward 16 Canal Amjad MIRZA Independent Ward 18 East Centre Andrew MCCULLAGH Independent Ward 19 Shettleston Paul CORRAN Independent Ward 21 North East Gerry BOYLE Independent Ward 23 Partick East/Kelvindale Tom MUIRHEAD Independent Ward 9 Calton Kris MCGURK Others Ward 11 Hillhead Douglas TIMMINS Others --- --- --- --- Highland Council Ward 1 -  North, West and Central Sutherland Malcolm BANGOR-JONES Independent Ward 1 -  North, West and Central Sutherland Hugh MORRISON Independent Ward 1 -  North, West and Central Sutherland Brendan O'HANRAHAN Independent Ward 1 -  North, West and Central Sutherland Michael SIMPSON Independent Ward 2 - Thurso and Northwest Caithness Gillian COGHILL Independent Ward 2 - Thurso and Northwest Caithness Tommy FARMER Independent Ward 2 - Thurso and Northwest Caithness Donnie MACKAY Independent Ward 2 - Thurso and Northwest Caithness Matthew REISS Independent Ward 3 - Wick and East Caithness Bill FERNIE Independent Ward 3 - Wick and East Caithness A.I. Willie MACKAY Independent Ward 3 - Wick and East Caithness Linda MALIK Independent Ward 3 - Wick and East Caithness Catherine PATTERSON Independent Ward 3 - Wick and East Caithness NICOLA SINCLAIR Independent Ward 4 - East Sutherland and Edderton Jim MCGILLIVRAY Independent Ward 5 - Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh Biz CAMPBELL Independent Ward 5 - Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh Richard GREENE Independent Ward 6 - Cromarty Firth Mike FINLAYSON Independent Ward 6 - Cromarty Firth Sheila FLETCHER Independent Ward 6 - Cromarty Firth Martin RATTRAY Independent Ward 6 - Cromarty Firth Carolyn WILSON Independent Ward 7 - Tain and Easter Ross Alasdair RHIND Independent Ward 7 - Tain and Easter Ross Fiona ROBERTSON Independent Ward 7 - Tain and Easter Ross Sandra SKINNER Independent Ward 8 - Dingwall and Seaforth Alister MACKINNON Independent Ward 8 - Dingwall and Seaforth Margaret PATERSON Independent Ward 9 - Black Isle Jennifer BARCLAY Independent Ward 9 - Black Isle BEV SMITH Independent Ward 10 - Eilean a' Cheò Campbell DICKSON Independent Ward 10 - Eilean a' Cheò John FINLAYSON Independent Ward 10 - Eilean a' Cheò Hamish FRASER Independent Ward 10 - Eilean a' Cheò Drew MILLAR Independent Ward 10 - Eilean a' Cheò Moira Elisobeth SCOBBIE Independent Ward 10 - Eilean a' Cheò John GORDON Independent Ward 10 - Eilean a' Cheò Ronald MACDONALD Independent Ward 11 - Caol and Mallaig Allan HENDERSON Independent Ward 11 - Caol and Mallaig Liam SIMMONDS Independent Ward 11 - Caol and Mallaig Ben THOMPSON Independent Ward 12 - Aird and Loch Ness Helen CARMICHAEL Independent Ward 12 - Aird and Loch Ness Margaret DAVIDSON Independent Ward 13 -  Inverness West Allan DUFFY Independent Ward 13 -  Inverness West Graham ROSS Independent Ward 14 - Inverness Central Janet CAMPBELL Independent Ward 14 - Inverness Central DONNIE KERR Independent Ward 14 - Inverness Central Diane WILKINSON Independent Ward 15 - Inverness Ness-side Jean SLATER Independent Ward 16 - Inverness Millburn Zosia FRASER Independent Ward 17 - Culloden and Ardersier Roddy BALFOUR Independent Ward 17 - Culloden and Ardersier Thomas LAMONT Independent Ward 18 - Nairn and Cawdor Laurie FRASER Independent Ward 18 - Nairn and Cawdor Michael GREEN Independent Ward 18 - Nairn and Cawdor Tom HEGGIE Independent Ward 18 - Nairn and Cawdor Paul MCIVOR Independent Ward 19 -  Inverness South Jim CRAWFORD Independent Ward 19 -  Inverness South Duncan MACPHERSON Independent Ward 20 - Badenoch and Strathspey Stewart DICK Independent Ward 20 - Badenoch and Strathspey Bill LOBBAN Independent Ward 20 - Badenoch and Strathspey Donald Gunn MACDONALD Independent Ward 21 - Fort William and Ardnamurchan Andrew Phillip BAXTER Independent Ward 21 - Fort William and Ardnamurchan Joanne Elizabeth MATHESON Independent Ward 4 - East Sutherland and Edderton George GUNN Others Ward 8 - Dingwall and Seaforth Dave ALLISON Others --- --- --- --- Inverclyde Council  Ward 1 - Inverclyde East Jim BOYLAND Independent Ward 2 - Inverclyde East Central Drew MCKENZIE Independent Ward 4 - Inverclyde North Eddie MCELENY Independent Ward 5 - Inverclyde West Ronald AHLFELD Independent Ward 5 - Inverclyde West Lynne QUINN Independent Ward 6 - Inverclyde South West Gary PURDON Independent Ward 6 - Inverclyde South West J B HOUSTON Independent Ward 7 - Inverclyde South John COOKE Independent Ward 7 - Inverclyde South Vaughan JONES Independent Ward 7 - Inverclyde South Tommy MCVEY Independent Ward 2 - Bonnyrigg George  MCINTYRE Independent Ward 3 - Dalkeith Jim BRYANT Independent --- --- --- --- Midlothian Council  Ward 4 - Midlothian West Andrew COVENTRY Independent Ward 6 - Midlothian South Jason FERRY Independent Ward 5 - Midlothian East Robert  HOGG Independent --- --- --- --- Moray Council  Ward 1 - Speyside Glenlivet Derek ROSS Independent Ward 2 - Keith and Cullen Rob BARSBY Independent Ward 2 - Keith and Cullen Ron SHEPHERD Independent Ward 3 - Buckie Gordon COWIE Independent Ward 4 - Fochabers Lhanbryde Kenneth John GILLESPIE Independent Ward 4 - Fochabers Lhanbryde Ian TAYLOR Independent Ward 5 - Heldon and Laich John COWE Independent Ward 5 - Heldon and Laich Ryan John EDWARDS Independent Ward 5 - Heldon and Laich Dennis SLATER Independent Ward 6 - Elgin City North Billy ADAMS Independent Ward 7 - Elgin City South Sean MALONE Independent Ward 8 - Forres George ALEXANDER Independent Ward 8 - Forres Lorna CRESWELL Independent Ward 8 - Forres Jeff HAMILTON Independent Ward 8 - Forres Terry MONAGHAN Independent Ward 4 - Fochabers Lhanbryde Sean Murray MORTON Others Ward 6 - Elgin City North Sandy COOPER Others --- --- --- --- Na h-Eileanan Siar Ward 1 Barraigh, Bhatarsaigh, Eirisgeigh agus Uibhist a Deas David BLANEY Independent Ward 1 Barraigh, Bhatarsaigh, Eirisgeigh agus Uibhist a Deas Ronald Joseph MACKINNON Independent Ward 1 Barraigh, Bhatarsaigh, Eirisgeigh agus Uibhist a Deas Gerry MACLEOD Independent Ward 1 Barraigh, Bhatarsaigh, Eirisgeigh agus Uibhist a Deas Iain Archie MACNEIL Independent Ward 1 Barraigh, Bhatarsaigh, Eirisgeigh agus Uibhist a Deas DONNIE STEELE Independent Ward 2 Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath Neil Macdonald BEATON Independent Ward 2 Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath Roddy MACKAY Independent Ward 2 Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath IAIN MURDOCH MACLEOD Independent Ward 2 Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath Uisdean ROBERTSON Independent Ward 2 Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath Andrew WALKER Independent Ward 2 Beinn na Foghla agus Uibhist a Tuath JOHN MACLEOD Independent Ward 3 Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas nan Loch Finlay CUNNINGHAM Independent Ward 3 Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas nan Loch Paul Anthony FINNEGAN Independent Ward 3 Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas nan Loch Catherine MACDONALD Independent Ward 3 Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas nan Loch DJ MACRAE Independent Ward 3 Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas nan Loch Alex Dan SMITH Independent Ward 3 Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas nan Loch Denise WILSON Independent Ward 3 Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas nan Loch SHEENA MACLEOD Independent Ward 4 Sgir' Uige agus Ceann a Tuath nan Loch Norman Alexander MACDONALD Independent Ward 4 Sgir' Uige agus Ceann a Tuath nan Loch Donald Cudig MACLEOD Independent Ward 4 Sgir' Uige agus Ceann a Tuath nan Loch Angus MORRISON Independent Ward 5 Sgire an Rubha NORRIE TOMSH MACDONALD Independent Ward 5 Sgire an Rubha Alasdair MACLEOD Independent Ward 5 Sgire an Rubha John Murdo MACMILLAN Independent Ward 5 Sgire an Rubha Tony ROBSON Independent Ward 5 Sgire an Rubha Finlay Mackenzie STEWART Independent Ward 6 Steòrnabhagh a Deas Caroline Linda BRICK Independent Ward 6 Steòrnabhagh a Deas Keith DODSON Independent Ward 6 Steòrnabhagh a Deas Shonnie Beag MACRITCHIE Independent Ward 6 Steòrnabhagh a Deas Angus MCCORMACK Independent Ward 6 Steòrnabhagh a Deas Campbell MCKENZIE Independent Ward 6 Steòrnabhagh a Deas Derek MCPHERSON Independent Ward 6 Steòrnabhagh a Deas Charlie NICOLSON Independent Ward 7 Steòrnabhagh a Tuath Iain Maclean MACAULAY Independent Ward 7 Steòrnabhagh a Tuath NEIL MACKAY Independent Ward 7 Steòrnabhagh a Tuath RODDIE MACKAY Independent Ward 7 Steòrnabhagh a Tuath Lesley MCKENZIE Independent Ward 8 Loch a Tuath Donald Finlayson CRICHTON Independent Ward 8 Loch a Tuath Ruaraidh FERGUSON Independent Ward 8 Loch a Tuath IAIN C MACIVER Independent Ward 8 Loch a Tuath Calum MACLEAN Independent Ward 8 Loch a Tuath Allan Cameron MACLACHLAN Independent Ward 9 An Taobh Siar agus Nis John MACKAY Independent Ward 9 An Taobh Siar agus Nis Alistair MACLENNAN Independent Ward 9 An Taobh Siar agus Nis JOHN NORMAN MACLEOD Independent Ward 9 An Taobh Siar agus Nis KENNY JOHN MACLEOD Independent Ward 9 An Taobh Siar agus Nis Malcolm Ivor MCTAGGART Independent Ward 1 Barraigh, Bhatarsaigh, Eirisgeigh agus Uibhist a Deas PAUL FRANCIS STEELE Others --- --- --- --- North Ayrshire Council Ward 04 - Stevenston Alan MUNRO Independent Ward 04 - Stevenston Gerard POLLOCK Independent Ward 04 - Stevenston David HIGGINS Independent Ward 05 - Ardrossan and Arran John HUNTER Independent Ward 06 - Dalry and West Kilbride Kay HALL Independent Ward 06 - Dalry and West Kilbride Sheena WOODSIDE Independent Ward 06 - Dalry and West Kilbride Robert BARR Independent Ward 06 - Dalry and West Kilbride Elizabeth MCLARDY Independent Ward 06 - Dalry and West Kilbride John WILLIS Independent Ward 07 - Kilbirnie and Beith James SMITH Independent Ward 07 - Kilbirnie and Beith Donald L REID Independent Ward 08 - North Coast and Cumbraes Johnny MCCLOSKEY Independent Ward 08 - North Coast and Cumbraes Ian MURDOCH Independent Ward 09 - Saltcoats Ronnie MCNICOL Independent Ward 10 - Irvine South Audrey HYND-GAW Independent Ward 05 - Ardrossan and Arran Gordon ALLISON Others --- --- --- --- North Lanarkshire Council  Ward 2 - Cumbernauld North Alan O'BRIEN Independent Ward 2 - Cumbernauld North Fraser MORRISON Independent Ward 3 - Cumbernauld South William HOMER Independent Ward 5 - Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead Frances MCGLINCHEY Independent Ward 6 - Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn John Gordon WILSON Independent Ward 7 - Coatbridge North Martin MCWILLIAMS Independent Ward 7 - Coatbridge North Julie Patricia MCANULTY Independent Ward 8 - Airdrie North Alan BEVERIDGE Independent Ward 9 - Airdrie Central George DEVINE Independent Ward 11 - Coatbridge South Gerry SOMERS Independent Ward 12 - Airdrie South Peter OWENS Independent Ward 13 - Fortissat Charlie CEFFERTY Independent Ward 15 - Bellshill John DEVLIN Independent Ward 19 - Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig Ian GLENNY Independent Ward 19 - Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig Ian KELLY Independent Ward 19 - Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig Deryck BEAUMONT Independent Ward 20 - Murdostoun Robert MCKENDRICK Independent Ward 20 - Murdostoun John TAGGART Independent Ward 20 - Murdostoun Robert ARTHUR Independent Ward 9 - Airdrie Central Peter SULLIVAN Local parties Ward 11 - Coatbridge South James BROOKS Local parties Ward 11 - Coatbridge South John HIGGINS Local parties Ward 17 - Motherwell West Elaine MCSPADDEN Local parties Ward 18 - Motherwell North Helen MCKENNA Local parties Ward 19 - Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig Gary O'RORKE Local parties Ward 21 - Wishaw Sam LOVE Local parties Ward 21 - Wishaw Frank MCKAY Local parties Ward 13 - Fortissat Jeffrey MCDONALD Others Ward 12 - Airdrie South AGNES COYLE Others --- --- --- --- Orkney Islands Council  Kirkwall East Ward Gwenda SHEARER Independent Kirkwall East Ward PAUL DAWSON Independent Kirkwall East Ward Ingirid Windwick JOLLY Independent Kirkwall East Ward Mike BERSTON Independent Kirkwall East Ward Rikki LIDDERDALE Independent Kirkwall West and Orphir Ward Leslie MANSON Independent Kirkwall West and Orphir Ward Max THOMAS Independent Kirkwall West and Orphir Ward Alastair MACLEOD Independent West Mainland Ward Duncan Allan TULLOCK Independent West Mainland Ward Owen TIERNEY Independent West Mainland Ward Harvey JOHNSTON Independent West Mainland Ward Sean Michael LEWIS Independent East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray Ward John Stanley GROUNDWATER Independent East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray Ward Andrew DREVER Independent East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray Ward Jim FOUBISTER Independent North Isles Ward Stuart Roy McIVOR Independent North Isles Ward Graham SINCLAIR Independent North Isles Ward Stephen CLACKSON Independent North Isles Ward Billy MUIR Independent North Isles Ward Ralph STEVENSON Independent North Isles Ward Simon TARRY Independent North Isles Ward George Arthur MOWAT-BROWN Independent Kirkwall West and Orphir Ward John RICHARDS Local parties West Mainland Ward Rachael KING Local parties Kirkwall East Ward Steven  HEDDLE Others Kirkwall East Ward John Ross SCOTT Others Kirkwall East Ward DAVID DAWSON Others Kirkwall West and Orphir Ward Barbara FOULKES Others Kirkwall West and Orphir Ward Sandy COWIE Others Kirkwall West and Orphir Ward Barbara LESLIE Others Stromness and South Isles Robin William CRICHTON Others Stromness and South Isles James STOCKAN Others Stromness and South Isles Magnus Olaf THOMSON Others West Mainland Ward Jo JONES Others East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray Ward Norman Rae CRAIGIE Others North Isles Ward Kevin  WOODBRIDGE Others --- --- --- --- Perth & Kinross Council Ward 2 - Strathmore Alan LIVINGSTONE Independent Ward 4 - Highland Xander MCDADE Independent Ward 6 - Strathearn Rhona BROCK Independent Ward 6 - Strathearn Craig FINLAY Independent Ward 7 - Strathallan Ron ROSE Independent Ward 8 - Kinross-Shire Dave CUTHBERT Independent Ward 8 - Kinross-Shire Mike BARNACLE Independent Ward 10 - Perth City South Susan BATHGATE Independent Ward 10 - Perth City South Damian HOUSTON Independent Ward 11 - Perth City North Sam FINLAYSON Independent Ward 11 - Perth City North Elspeth MACLACHLAN Independent Ward 11 - Perth City North Arthur Alexander FRATER Independent Ward 12 - Perth City Centre David William WEST Independent Ward 12 - Perth City Centre Ian THOMSON Local parties --- --- --- --- Renfrewshire Council  Ward 1 - Renfrew North and Braehead Peter MORTON Independent Ward 3 - Paisley Northeast and Ralston Billy CARLIN Independent Ward 4 - Paisley Northwest JOHN GOUDIE MCINTYRE Independent Ward 6 - Paisley Southeast Paul MACK Independent Ward 9 - Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood and Lochwinnoch Andy DOIG Independent Ward 12 - Erskine and Inchinnan Andy CAMERON Independent Ward 4 - Paisley Northwest Andy DOYLE Others Ward 8 - Johnstone South and Elderslie John  CALDWELL Others --- --- --- --- Scottish Borders Council Ward 1 - Tweeddale West Michael NEEDHAM Independent Ward 1 - Tweeddale West Tommy DAVIDSON Independent Ward 2 - Tweeddale East Robin TATLER Independent Ward 3 - Galashiels & District Bill WHITE Independent Ward 3 - Galashiels & District Sandy AITCHISON Independent Ward 3 - Galashiels & District Harry SCOTT Independent Ward 4 - Selkirkshire David BLACK Independent Ward 4 - Selkirkshire Gordon EDGAR Independent Ward 4 - Selkirkshire Kenneth GUNN Independent Ward 5 - Leaderdale & Melrose Iain GILLESPIE Independent Ward 5 - Leaderdale & Melrose Rebecca  FRASER Independent Ward 5 - Leaderdale & Melrose David  PARKER Independent Ward 7 - East Berwickshire Michael CLIFT Independent Ward 8 - Kelso & District Ian H AITCHISON Independent Ward 8 - Kelso & District Colin MCGRATH Independent Ward 9 - Jedburgh & District Rory STEWART Independent Ward 9 - Jedburgh & District Harvey OLIVER Independent Ward 10 - Hawick & Denholm Stuart MARSHALL Independent Ward 11 - Hawick & Hermitage Watson MCATEER Independent Ward 11 - Hawick & Hermitage Davie PATERSON Independent --- --- --- --- Shetland Islands Council Ward 1 - North Isles Lynsay Anne CUNNINGHAM Independent Ward 1 - North Isles Cecil HUGHSON Independent Ward 1 - North Isles Duncan SIMPSON Independent Ward 1 - North Isles Ryan James Andrew THOMSON Independent Ward 2 - Shetland North Alastair Thomas James COOPER Independent Ward 2 - Shetland North Emma Louise MACDONALD Independent Ward 3 - Shetland West Steven COUTTS Independent Ward 3 - Shetland West Catherine HUGHSON Independent Ward 3 - Shetland West Debra Jane NICOLSON Independent Ward 3 - Shetland West Theo SMITH Independent Ward 4 - Shetland Central Julie Jemima BUCHAN Independent Ward 4 - Shetland Central Davie SANDISON Independent Ward 5 - Shetland South Allison George Leslie DUNCAN Independent Ward 5 - Shetland South George SMITH Independent Ward 6 - Lerwick North John Finlay Sinclair FRASER Independent Ward 6 - Lerwick North Stephen Arthur LEASK Independent Ward 7 - Lerwick South Peter CAMPBELL Independent Ward 7 - Lerwick South Cecil Laing SMITH Independent Ward 7 - Lerwick South Frances VALENTE Independent Ward 7 - Lerwick South Amanda WESTLAKE Independent Ward 7 - Lerwick South Beatrice WISHART Independent Ward 1 - North Isles Alec George PRIEST Others Ward 2 - Shetland North Andrea Isabel MANSON Others Ward 3 - Shetland West Gary ROBINSON Others Ward 3 - Shetland West Ian TINKLER Others Ward 4 - Shetland Central Brian NUGENT Others Ward 4 - Shetland Central Ian SCOTT Others Ward 4 - Shetland Central Mark Robert BURGESS Others Ward 6 - Lerwick North Malcolm John BELL Others --- --- --- --- South Ayrshire Council Ward 2 - Prestwick Alasdair John MALCOLM Independent Ward 3 - Ayr North Jamie MCGEECHAN Independent Ward 4 - Ayr East Andrew BRYDEN Independent Ward 5 - Ayr West Chic BRODIE Independent Ward 7 - Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton Brian CONNOLLY Independent Ward 7 - Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton Gordon MCFADZEAN Independent Ward 8 - Girvan and South Carrick Alec CLARK Independent Ward 8 - Girvan and South Carrick Karen CLARK-MCCARTNEY Independent Ward 8 - Girvan and South Carrick Gavin SCOTT Independent --- --- --- --- South Lanarkshire Council Ward 2 - Clydesdale North Ed ARCHER Independent Ward 2 - Clydesdale North Ronald LOGAN Independent Ward 3 - Clydesdale East Bev GAULD Independent Ward 3 - Clydesdale East Andrew Jackson MCCALLUM Independent Ward 5 - Avondale and Stonehouse Alister HENDRY Independent Ward 10 - East Kilbride East John CAIRNEY Independent Ward 13 - Cambuslang West Don FERGUSON Independent Ward 17 - Hamilton North and East Balarabe BABA Independent Ward 14 - Cambuslang East James MOORE Others Ward 4 - Clydesdale South Danny MEIKLE Others --- --- --- --- Stirling Council Ward 2 - Forth and Endrick Evan MCLEAN Independent Ward 4 - Stirling North James MCDONALD Independent --- --- --- --- West Dunbartonshire Council Ward 1 - Lomond George RICE Independent Ward 3 - Dumbarton Andrew MUIR Independent Ward 5 - Clydebank Central Denis AGNEW Independent Ward 6 - Clydebank Waterfront Locky CAMERON Independent Ward 6 - Clydebank Waterfront Joe HENRY Independent Ward 6 - Clydebank Waterfront Brian MURRAY Independent Ward 1 - Lomond Louise ROBERTSON Local parties Ward 2 - Leven Jim BOLLAN Local parties Ward 3 - Dumbarton George BLACK Local parties Ward 5 - Clydebank Central Dean ALLARDICE Local parties --- --- --- --- West Lothian Council  Ward 8 - Bathgate Jim WALKER Independent Ward 9 - Armadale and Blackridge Stuart BORROWMAN Independent