It looks like a lot of them were added by the chair of the LD candidates (we do actually prefer public sources, but no-one has reached out to tell us we're wrong).

If you create an account on our site you can see the full changelog on each candidate's page, which will give you the source.

Regions are here: candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/elections/sp...

As far as we're aware, the Liberal Democrats have selected candidates for all constituencies.

We have:

SNP: 73
LD: 73
Lab: 70
Con: 50
Grn: 2
Other: 27

You can see them all and download a csv, here: candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/elections/sp...

The by-election could have an outsized impact, as Labour currently hold 30 seats in the 60-seat chamber.

Eight candidates are contesting the election - view the full candidate list here: whocanivotefor.co.uk/elections/se...

🚫 A Vacancy doesn't always mean a by-election! Did you know that by-elections are virtually unknown in Northern Ireland? Or that the recent Senedd reforms have abolished them entirely for the Welsh Parliament?

📄 There are seven different ways a vacancy can arise on a UK council. We'll let people know which applies in their case.

📅 By-elections don't have to happen on a Thursday. We've seen 48 non-Thursday elections since 2017.

You can get the data on the 2026 election candidates by downloading this csv: candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/data/?electi...

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