I have just read in a briefing that 23.9% of Scotland’s councillors are women, the lowest percentage of any nation in the UK. In England the figure is 32%, Wales 28% and Northern Ireland 25.1%. Considering more than half of the population are women, that is not acceptable.

In the elections on 4 May the Liberal Democrats have 10 women and nine men standing in Aberdeenshire Council’s 19 wards.

The campaign group Women 5050 calculates that 30% (775) of the candidates standing for election to Scotland’s 32 councils are women.