People registered to vote (previously called Electoral Statistics)

The number of people registered to vote in elections in Scotland. This includes General Elections, Scottish Parliamentary Elections and local government elections.

Last update: 20 April 2023
Next update: April 2024

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	News Release (20 April 2023)		Metadata (PDF  90 KB)
	Background Note (PDF 183 KB)

Key Points

At 1 December 2022:

• The total number of people registered to vote in Scottish Parliamentary and local government elections was 4,243,800, a decrease of 1,400 (0.03%) compared with December 2021;
• 955,300 electors (22.5% of the total electorate) had registered for postal voting in the Scottish Parliamentary and local government elections. This represented a very small increase of 800 (0.1%) compared with December 2021;
• of the 4,243,800 number of people registered to vote at Scottish Parliamentary and local government elections, 76,600 (1.8% of the total electorate) were aged 16 -17;
• just over 181,500 qualifying foreign nationals resident in Scotland were registered to vote in Scottish Parliamentary and local government elections (4.3% of the total electorate);
• the number of people registered to vote in UK Parliamentary elections was 4,012,700, a decrease of 16,000 (0.4%) compared with December 2021.

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