Candidates get Green light for elections
Candidate for the Bonnyrigg ward is Ian Baxter, the current chairman of Bonnyrigg and Lasswade Community Council.
He said: “Speaking to people on the doorsteps of Bonnyrigg, Lasswade and Poltonhall, I sense a strong desire for change and, in the absence of an effective SNP opposition, only the Greens are offering change.
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Hide Ad“Wherever Green councillors are elected, people like what they see and more are elected at the next election.”
Gary Bell, who works for an Edinburgh-based cycling initiative, will stand in the Penicuik ward, while the Green candidate for Midlothian West is Helen Blackburn, centre manager of a homelessness service.