Solidarity Co-Convenor Rosemary Byrne welcomed the latest candidates to be selected top of Solidarity's regional lists for the Scottish Elections in May.

Following the announcement that Rosemary will stand as the lead candidate for Solidarity in the South, Highlands and Islands Solidarity chose Anne McLeod to head the list of candidates in that region.  Later this week Mid Scotland and Fife Solidarity selected Kate Stewart as their number one candidate.  Rosemary said:

"We are puttting together an impressive list of candidates who have respect in their own communities as well as in the wider movement.  I am pleased to see that we now have five women topping election lists for Solidarity."

Of the seven regions declared so far, five have women candidates at the top of the lists.  As well as Anne, Kate and Rosemary, Solidarity members have selected Pat Smith in the Lothians region and Central Solidarity voted for Lynn Sheridan.

In a TNS/System Three poll carried out for the party recently, scots women were shown to be more likely to vote for Solidarity than men.  The survey showed that 8% of women asked said that they would be likely to vote Solidarity in the May elections.