The incumbent was Imdad Hussain who had been elected for the Labour party but was suspended from the Labour Party for two years in 2012 when he failed to declare being banned as a company director. He subsequently joined the Peace Party becoming their only councillor and standing under that banner for re-election.[4] Imdad was punched and his windscreen smashed in two separate incidents while canvassing for this election. He called for calm and said that tensions were really high.[5]
Paul Cromie was elected to represent the British National Party in 2010 but then left the party in 2011 standing as The Queensbury Ward Independents with his wife Jane Cromie who won another of the Queensbury councillor seats in 2011.[7]