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UK General Election 2024

A UK Parliamentary General Election will take place on Thursday, 4th July 2024 to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) to the UK Parliament. View the Notice of Election (PDF 73KB).

You can no longer register to vote or apply for a postal vote for this election.

Key dates

Deadlines for this election:

  • Register to vote: 11:59pm on 18th June 2024
  • Apply for a postal vote: 5pm on 19th June 2024
  • Apply for a proxy vote: 5pm on 26th June 2024
  • Apply for voter ID (Voter Authority Certificate): 5pm on 26th June 2024

Poll cards and postal votes:

  • First issue of poll cards and letters handed to Royal Mail: 10th or 11th June 2024
  • First issue of postal votes handed to Royal Mail: 18th or 19th June 2024
  • All postal votes delivered by: 28th June 2024

How to vote

Find out about different ways you can vote. 

Voter ID requirement

When voting in UK general elections you will need to show photo ID at your polling station.

If you don't have an accepted photo ID, you can apply for a free voter ID document, which is known as a Voter Authority Certificate. The deadline to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate is 5pm on Wednesday, 26th June 2024. Find out more about the voter ID requirement.

You can get voter ID information in other formats from the Electoral Commission including audio, braille, BSL, easy read and plain text.

Support for disabled voters

We will have provisions to assist blind, partially sighted and other disabled voters at polling stations. View guidance for:

Where to vote

When voting in person, you can only do so at your assigned polling station. Once sent, your poll card will tell you where that is. View a list of polling places.

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Candidates

Aberdeenshire North and Moray East:

•    Ian Bailey (Scottish Liberal Democrats)
•    Andy Brown (Scottish Labour Party)
•    Jo Hart (Reform UK)
•    Seamus Logan (Scottish National Party (SNP))
•    Douglas Gordon Ross (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)

View the Notice of Election Agents: Aberdeenshire North and Moray East (PDF 150KB).

Gordon and Buchan:

•    Nurul Hoque Ali (Scottish Labour Party)
•    Kris Callander (Reform UK)
•    Harriet Cross (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
•    Richard Gordon Thomson (Scottish National Party (SNP))
•    Conrad James Wood (Scottish Liberal Democrats)

View the Notice of Election Agents: Gordon and Buchan (PDF 150KB).

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine:

•    Kate Blake (Scottish Labour Party)
•    Andrew Campbell Bowie (Scottish Conservative and Unionist)
•    Brandon Innes (Reform UK)
•    Iris Alexandra Leask (Independent)
•    William Stanley Raymond Linegar (Scottish Greens)
•    David Allen Neill (no stated party)
•    Glen David Reynolds (Scottish National Party (SNP))
•    Michael John Turvey (Scottish Liberal Democrats) 

View the Notice of Election Agents: West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (PDF 153KB).

A briefing meeting for prospective candidates and election agents took place on Friday, 31st May 2024. View: