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Defence, foreign affairs and the EU

Every candidate's published position on this one topic, side by side, in ballot-paper order.

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Housing

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Anyone in the household is disabled or has a long-term health condition

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Anyone in the household is an unpaid carer

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Anyone in the household is on a UK visa, or seeking asylum

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The household receives any means-tested benefit (Universal Credit, Pension Credit, etc.)

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The household owns or regularly drives a car

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Anyone in the household has served in the armed forces

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1Dave BuchananIndependent
Nothing published that we could source on this topic.
2Julie CalderScottish Liberal Democrats
Nothing published that we could source on this topic.
3Charlotte GibsonScottish Conservative and Unionist
Nothing published that we could source on this topic.
4John GlenScottish National Party (SNP)
Nothing published that we could source on this topic.
5Iain RichmondReform UK
Nothing published that we could source on this topic.

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Go deeper on defence, foreign affairs and the eu: independent sources

None of these is affiliated with a party. Where a source campaigns for a position, the label says so. Links open the original site.

Armed Forces Commissioner Act 2025 (as enacted) — legislation.gov.uk (The National Archives). The law as enacted.
Commons Library: UK defence expenditure — House of Commons Library. Parliamentary research service, impartial by statute.
Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) — RUSI. Independent defence and security think tank.
UK in a Changing Europe — UK in a Changing Europe. Academic research initiative on UK–EU relations; independent.

Cross-cutting: polling, fact-checking, parliamentary research

Commons Library: constituency data dashboards — House of Commons Library. Parliamentary research service, impartial by statute.
electionleaflets.org: archive of election leaflets, searchable by area — Democracy Club. Civic-technology archive; leaflets are the parties' own material.
Electoral Commission: political finance register (donations, loans, spending) — Electoral Commission. Official register.
Full Fact — Full Fact. Independent fact-checking charity.
House of Commons Library research briefings — House of Commons Library. Parliamentary research service, impartial by statute.
Institute for Government — Institute for Government. Independent think tank on how government works.
Ipsos Issues Index: what the public says matters most — Ipsos. Polling company (monthly, unprompted survey).
LG Inform: council performance and finance data — Local Government Association. Sector body for councils.
Local Elections Archive Project: every council result since 2002 — Andrew Teale. Independent archive from Returning Officers' data, CC BY-SA.
mySociety Local Intelligence Hub: data by constituency — mySociety. Civic-technology charity; non-partisan.
UK Parliament: Commons votes (every division, how each MP voted) — UK Parliament. Official record, Open Parliament Licence.
UK Parliament: petitions, with signatures by constituency — UK Parliament. Official record.