Are you registered to vote?

The electoral register lists the names and addresses of everyone who's registered to vote. You need to be on it to be able to vote in elections and referendums.

You can register to vote when you are:

• aged 14 or older for Scottish Parliament and council elections
• aged 16 or older for UK Parliament elections

You must also be one of the following:

• a British citizen living in Scotland
• an Irish citizen living in Scotland
• a foreign national of another country living in Scotland who has leave to enter or stay in the UK, or who does not need leave

DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS MONDAY 19 APRIL 2021

Register to vote now

Candidates

The good people at Walk Wheel Cycle Vote have put together an online candidate finder. Just pop in your postcode and it will show all your regional and list candidates.

Manifestoes

There are more than 20 political parties putting forward candidates in the election. The manifestoes for the main political parties, in the order they were launched (* not yet launched):

• Scottish Green Party - Our Common Future
• Scottish National Party - Scotland's Future, Scotland's Choice
• Scottish Labour Party *
• Scottish Liberal Democrats *
• Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party *

Other Manifestoes

Third Force News has compiled a list of manifestoes from a wide range of voluntary sector organisations including Keep Scotland Beautiful, the Scottish Youth Parliament, Third Sector Interface Network, Paths for All, Living Streets, the Scottish Food Coalition and Scottish Communities for Health and Wellbeing. 

Hustings

A hustings is a meeting where election candidates or parties debate policies and answer questions from the audience. You can find hustings events on the Meet Your Next MSP website including...

• Tue 20 Apr, 9am - 2021 Energy Elections hustings
• Tue 20 Apr, 10am - Glasgow Disability Alliance
• Tue 20 Apr, 7pm - Scotland’s cycling and sustainable travel hustings
• Wed 21 Apr, 1pm - Care hustings
• Thu 22 Apr, 7pm - Basic Income hustings
• Thu 22 Apr, 730pm - Glasgow Climate and Health hustings
• Mon 26 Apr, 7pm - Peace hustings

• Transform Scotland Move the Vote conversations
• Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - the 5 main party leaders chaired by Brian Taylor
• Go Bike / Cycling UK / Walk Wheel Cycle Vote

Ask your candidate

Want to find out where your candidates stand on particular issues? The following links have made it easy to ask the questions...

• Walk Wheel Cycle Vote - contact your candidates about their three asks around accessibility, infrastructure and investment
• Friends of the Earth Scotland - delivering a green jobs recovery
• Cycling UK in Scotland asking candidates to pledge to support cycling for everyone
• Ask your candidate to sign the Social Economy pledge

Follow on social media

• Twitter - #Holyrood2021 - #Holyrood21 - #ScottishElection2021 - #SE2021 - #SP21
• Facebook - #Holyrood2021 - #Holyrood21 - #ScottishElection2021 - #SE2021 - #SP21

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