Donnie Campbell

Independent

I’m a crofter from

Tiree, in partnership with my daughter, whose children are the sixth generation to live on the family croft. I’m also a Teaching Fellow in Strathclyde Law School, helping train tomorrow’s lawyers.

I have long experience of working for Argyll, locally and nationally. I am a former district councillor and non-executive director of SEPA and Scottish Water’s predecessor bodies and have been head teacher of two west coast secondary schools.

The biggest council issue is its collective leadership proposal for schools. This is a deeply flawed policy because of its practical impacts on schools and its lack of focus on improving children’s education. My position is informed by my experience as a secondary head teacher and what local communities themselves have said.

Also, the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018, supposed to make improvements to how the council deals with island communities, has had no impact. This law must be used to force the council to move islands up its priority list. Finally a strong Argyll and Bute needs a strong Oban. Oban’s position as the council area’s principal economic, commercial and tourist town has been ignored for years. I would strongly advocate for Oban to be further up the council’s priority list.