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Crime, policing and justice

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

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

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

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

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The household owns or regularly drives a car

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Anyone in the household has served in the armed forces

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1Andrew AdamScottish Greens

No published position found.

2Robert DaviesIndependent

No published position found.

3Mhairi DuncanScottish National Party (SNP)

No published position found.

4Paul GodzikScottish Labour Party

No published position found.

5Katie HarrisonScottish Conservative and Unionist

No published position found.

6James MacLarenScottish Liberal Democrats

No published position found.

7Jeremy McDonaldReformUK - Changing Politics for Good

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 crime, policing and justice: 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.

Commons Library: police service strength — House of Commons Library. Parliamentary research service, impartial by statute.
data.police.uk: street-level crime and outcomes — Home Office. Official open data.
ONS: crime in England and Wales — Office for National Statistics. Official statistics.
Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025 (as enacted) — legislation.gov.uk (The National Archives). The law as enacted.

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.