Scottish Labour have revealed the candidates to have made the selection shortlist for the list part of next May’s Holyrood elections. It is the biggest shortlist ever for the party, with 106 vying for the 56 places across the eight regions.

Each region elects seven MSPs, and with Scottish Labour’s current polling, plus the performance in the 205 Westminster elections, it is expected that they will perform badly in the constituency section of Scotland’s Additional Member System, with most MSPs elected via the proportional list system.

Due to reforms introduced by Jim Murphy, current serving MSPs do not automatically get the top spot (ie. most likely to be elected) on each list – only leader Kezia Dugdale and deputy leader Alex Rowley now receive that.

These shortlists will now go to members in each region, who will vote on the order of each list, with the top seven making the cut. However, new reforms also mean that the lists will be ‘zipped’ along gender lines, in an effort to ensure a 50/50 gender split.

The full list of candidates is here:

Central Scotland

Allyson Black

Martyn Cook

Angela Feeney

Hugh Gaffney

Linda Gow

Mark Griffin

Liz Ann Handibode

Paul Kelly

Jim Lee

Monica Lennon

Richard Leonard

Craig Martin

Margaret McCulloch

Siobhan McMahon

Michael McMahon

Heather McVey

John Pentland

Elaine Smith

Mandy Telford

Richard Tullett

Glasgow

James Adams

Bill Butler

Patricia Ferguson

Marie Garrity

James Kelly

Johann Lamont

Simon MacFarlane

Hanzala Malik

Paul Martin

Pauline McNeill

Anne McTaggart

Samantha Ritchie

Anas Sarwar

Soryia Siddique

Highlands and Islands

Sarah Atkin

Robina Barton

John Erskine

Leah Franchetti

Rhoda Grant

Gerry McGarvey

Sean Morton

David Stewart

Lothians

(First position: Kezia Dugdale)

Sarah Boyack

Jalal Chaudry

Richard Corrall

Neil Findlay

Bernard Harkins

Catriona Headley

Ann Henderson

Lesley Hinds

Daniel Johnson

Shami Khan

Eilidh MacDonald

Angela Moohan

Otis Manasseh Ortesheh

Mid Scotland and Fife

(First position: Alex Rowley)

Claire Baker

Jayne Baxter

Rebecca Bell

Johanna Boyd

Altany Craik

Thomas Docherty

Jamie Glackin

Cara Hilton

Mark Hood

Chris Kane

Lesley Laird

Jim Leishman

Mary Lockhart

Craig Miller

Kay Morrison

North East Scotland

Lewis Macdonald

Jenny Marra

Lesley Brennan

Sarah Duncan

Alison Evison

Frank Gilfeather

Richard McCready

Joanne McFadden

Nathan Morrison

William Young

South Scotland

Claudia Beamish

Andrew Cochran

Fiona Dugdale

Iain Gray

Kenryck Lloyd-Jones

Carol Mochan

Fiona O’Donnell

Colin Smyth

West Scotland

Shiraz Ahmed

Jackie Baillie

Johanna Baxter

Neil Bibby

Gail Casey

Joseph Cullinane

Alison Dowling

Mary Fee

Ken Macintosh

Mark MacMillan

Ian McAlpine

Margaret McCarthy

Martin McCluskey

Siobhan McCready

Angela McGinley

Ben Procter

Moira Ramage

Paul Sweeney