General Election 2024

Advice for postal voters - issued Saturday 29 June

• What to do if your postal pack has not arrived

A general election to elect MPs to the Westminster Parliament will be held on Thursday 4 July.

• Notice of Election
• List of agents
• Notice of Poll
• Situation of polling stations

Voting

• Register to vote by midnight on Tuesday 18 June
• Ways to vote

Voter ID

In the UK you are legally required to show photo identification (ID) when voting at a polling station at UK General Elections. You can check which forms of ID are accepted and what to do if you do not have them on the Electoral Commission website.

• The Electoral Commission

If you need help applying for voter ID

We held drop-in sessions at our libraries for anyone who does not any of the accepted forms of voter ID and is having difficulty applying for free voter ID. They were on:

• Thursday 6 June, 17:30-18:30: Penicuik Library, 39A Carlops Rd, Penicuik EH26 9EP, 17:30-18:30
• Tuesday 11 June, 14:00-15:00: Loanhead Library, George Ave, Loanhead EH20 9LA
• Tuesday 11 June, 17:30-18:30: Newbattle Library, 1 Newbattle Way, Easthouses, EH22 4SX 
• Thursday 13 June, 17:30-18:30: Dalkeith Library, 2 White Hart Street, EH22 1AE

General Election 2019

• Results