Mark Lazarowicz

Mark Lazarowicz was elected as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North and Leith in June 2001 and was re-elected in May 2005, for the now expanded Edinburgh North & Leith constituency.

Mark is currently a member of two House of Commons Select Committees: Environmental Audit Committee and the Modernisation Committee.  He previously served on the Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee.

Mark has been a member of the Labour Party for more than 35 years and served as a Labour councillor on the City of Edinburgh Council from 1980 to 1996, and again from 1999 to 2001.  He was the Leader of the Council from 1986 to 1993, and was the Council's Executive Member with responsibility for transport from 1999 to 2001.

Kevin Lang

Apart from his time spent working in the House of Commons, Kevin has lived and worked in Edinburgh all of his life. He was born at the local Western General Hospital and has strong family roots in Edinburgh North and Leith. His grandfather worked on the Leith Docks and his family ran a business on Easter Road for over 100 years. His sister is an Edinburgh councillor for Leith Walk.

Kevin worked for Edinburgh West MP John Barrett for over 4 years, including 2 years at Westminster.  He lists his priorities as increasing policing numbers; improving transport links in the constituency; improving pensions across the UK and improving affordable housing.  He is a devoted campaigner for renewable energy and is a member of a number of environmental and humanitarian charities including OXFAM, WWF, Greener Leith and Friends of the Earth.

Iain McGill

Iain McGill is 30 years old, from Edinburgh and is currently director of the Harmony Employment Agency which provides social sector staff across Scotland.

Between leaving education & setting up his own business in 2005, Iain was an aid worker overseas, working in Albania, Brazil, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique & Malawi.

Iain then worked in Edinburgh for a number of organisations working with the homeless in Edinburgh, including Bethany Christian Trust as Team Leader in their Care Shelter, 4 Square at their Cowgate Day & Night Centre & the Edinburgh Homelink Partnership as Special Projects Manager.

Iain stood for Midlothian in the Westminster election in 2005, Airdrie & Shotts in the Scottish Parliamentary election in 2007 and for the City of Edinburgh Council Broughton Ward in 2003 & Leith Walk Ward in 2007.

Iain is a Community Councillor & Licensing Convener for the New Town & Broughton Community Council, sits on the technical committee of The Homeless World Cup and is a Director of The Yard, an Edinburgh charity providing adventure play opportunities for children and young people with special needs.

He is a member of Abbeyhill Baptist Church, is Player/Manager of an amateur football team in Edinburgh and also referees football matches, and in 2006 refereed the Homeless World Cup Final in Cape Town, South Africa.

Calum Cashley

Calum delivered his first SNP leaflet aged three and hasn't stopped since, standing for the Scottish Parliament in Dundee West in 1999 where he cut Labour's 11,759 majority to 121.

He is an active SNP campaigner in Edinburgh and is candidate for Edinburgh North and Leith where the SNP won both the list vote in the Scottish Parliament election in 2007 and the European election in 2009.

Calum is an active opponent of Edinburgh's tram project - forced on the city by opposition parties - leading debate through his blog.

Calum has a wide ranging career history from worm counter to taxi driver. He has an HND in Public Relations and Advertising, and studied Communications at Napier University, leaving to take up a post in the Scottish parliament as policy adviser to several SNP MSPs.