Green Party candidates standing for a seat on Edinburgh City Council are promising action to tackle poverty and pollution – two issues which will be at the core of their campaigns ahead of the local elections.
All 63 seats in the chamber will be up for grabs in a matter of weeks when voters head to the polls on May 5. For the first time, the environment-focused, pro-independence party is fielding candidates in all of the city's 17 wards.
Having made incremental gains at each vote since the introduction of the Single Transferable Vote system in 2007 when the party's first three councillors were elected in the city, with a further three joining the group in 2012 and two more in 2017, it's hoped that giving more voters the opportunity to back them will see this growth continue.
