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I'm William Wallace — 41, entrepreneur, and lifelong Scot. I'm standing as an independent because I believe Paisley deserves a representative who answers to the community, not to a party whip.
With over 15 years working across digital marketing, data analytics and ecommerce, I understand how to cut through noise, read the data, and deliver results. That same directness and accountability is what I'll bring to Holyrood. No spin. No games. Just outcomes.
No party whip, no London agenda — every decision made for Paisley.
15+ years in digital marketing, data analytics and ecommerce — I know how to deliver, not just promise.
The issues that matter most to our community — not what a party tells me to care about, but what I hear from people on the doorstep every day.
Paisley families are being squeezed from every direction — energy bills, food prices, council tax rises that outstrip wages. I will push for a fairer council tax system that stops penalising working households, campaign for expanded energy support schemes targeted at those who need it most, and hold utility companies to account when service fails to match what people are paying. Westminster sets the broad economic levers, but Holyrood controls the policies that hit your household budget directly — and right now, those policies are not working for ordinary families.
Antisocial behaviour, low-level crime, and visible drug use are eroding quality of life in parts of Paisley. People deserve to feel safe walking home, letting their children play outside, and using their town centre after dark. I will advocate for visible community policing — not officers stuck behind desks — serious enforcement against repeat offenders, and better-funded early intervention programmes that tackle the root causes before problems escalate. Safety is not a luxury; it is the foundation everything else is built on.
Educational attainment in Renfrewshire has improved, but the gap between the most and least deprived areas remains unacceptable. I will fight for better-resourced classrooms, more support staff for children with additional needs, and expanded vocational pathways so that university is not treated as the only route to success. Apprenticeships, trades, and technical skills deserve equal status and investment. Every child in Paisley — regardless of postcode — should leave school with genuine choices ahead of them.
The Royal Alexandra Hospital is the beating heart of healthcare in Renfrewshire, and our local GP practices are stretched to breaking point. I will fight for shorter waiting times at the RAH, better access to mental health services — particularly for young people and men who are consistently underserved — and proper funding for community health provision. Scotland spends more per head on health than England, yet outcomes are worse. That is a failure of management and priorities, not resources, and I will hold the Health Secretary to account on it.
Paisley town centre has enormous potential — the Abbey, the museum, the cultural quarter — but too many units sit empty while business rates punish the independents trying to make a go of it. I will champion rate relief for small businesses, push for Renfrewshire to receive its fair share of regeneration funding, and work to attract quality employers to the area. Our young people should not have to leave for Glasgow or Edinburgh to find decent work. The jobs need to come here.
I support full devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament — taxation, welfare, immigration, broadcasting — so that the decisions affecting Scotland are made by the people who live here. But independence must be delivered sensibly. Most of us have friends and family across the rest of the UK. A hard border serves nobody. A rushed currency change risks the savings and pensions of ordinary Scots. I want an independent Scotland that governs itself with confidence, maintains a strong relationship with our closest neighbours, and puts pragmatism ahead of ideology.
No party war chest. No corporate donors. Just people who believe Paisley deserves an honest, independent representative.
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