Councillor Ben Rose
Councillor Rose represents Bishopbriggs South ward on East Dunbartonshire Council and serves as a member of the education committee and licencing board on the council. He has served as councillor for the ward since being elected at the 2022 local elections.
The SNP and Labour tax hike of 9.5% on top of 13.2% last year is an unacceptable 23% in two years. The Lib Dems proposed an alternative budget with an increase of only 6.5% instead.
Adam Harley, local campaigner and Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, has launched a petition calling on East Dunbartonshire Council to reinstate school crossing patrols on busy roads outside primary schools.
Scottish Liberal Democrats candidate Ben Langmead has won the highly contested Bearsden South by-election, putting the party in pole position to gain the Strathkelvin & Bearsden parliamentary seat at May’s election.