UK General Election
Postal ballot pack update – 1st July 2024
If you have still to receive your ballot pack for the UK Parliamentary General Election being held on Thursday 4 July 2024, your local council may have special arrangements in place. To find your constituency please click here.
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
These will continue to be posted as quickly as possible. Packs can be collected by prior arrangement from Argyll and Bute Council, Kilmory, Lochgilphead, PA31 8RT. Please contact them directly on 01546 603264.
Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross
Please visit the Highland Council website for further details: https://www.highland.gov.uk/news/article/16129/still_to_receive_or_return_your_postal_vote_in_highland
Inverness, Skye & West Ross-shire
Please visit the Highland Council website for further details: https://www.highland.gov.uk/news/article/16129/still_to_receive_or_return_your_postal_vote_in_highland
Moray West, Nairn & Strathspey
For any outstanding postals required from Monday 1 July 2024, these will need to be collected from the Council Offices, High Street, Elgin. Please contact the Elections Team on 01343 563334 for further information.
Na h-Eileanan An Iar
Please contact the Elections Team on 01851 822613 or e-mail [email protected]
The UK General Election has been called for Thursday 4 July 2024. Deadlines for this election can be found below:
| Poll Cards Dispatched | Monday 10 June 2024 |
| Overseas Postal Packs dispatched | Monday 17 June 2024 |
| Deadline for registering to vote | Tuesday 18 June 2024 (midnight) |
| Ballot packs dispatched – first issue for those that applied up to 7th June 2024 | Wednesday 19 June 2024 |
| Deadline for receiving new postal vote and postal proxy applications and for changes to existing postal or proxy votes | Wednesday 19 June 2024 (5pm) |
| Further Poll Card Dispatch | Tuesday 25 June 2024 |
| Deadline for receiving new applications to vote by proxy (not postal proxy or emergency proxies) | Wednesday 26 June 2024 (5pm) |
| Deadline for receiving applications for Voter Authority Certificates | Wednesday 26 June 2024 (5pm) |
| Further Ballot packs dispatched for those that applied after 7th June 2024 up until the deadline of 19th June 2024 | Wednesday 26 June 2024 |
If you are voting in person at your polling station don’t forget that you need to bring photo ID with you. Further information can be found here.
Please see the table below on how to contact your elections office for further information:
| Constituency | Council | Contact Number | Contact e-mail address |
| Argyll, Bute & South Lochaber | Argyll & Bute Council | 01546 603264 | [email protected] |
| Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross | Highland Council | 01349 886657 | [email protected] |
| Inverness, Skye & West Ross-shire | Highland Council | 01349 886657 | [email protected] |
| Moray West, Nairn & Strathspey | Moray Council | 01343 563334 | [email protected] |
| Na h-Eileanan An Iar | Comhairle na Eilean Siar | 01851 822613 | [email protected] |
BSL Guide on what to expect at the Polling station:
For more information you can watch the full BSL Guide here.
