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Electoral Statistics for Scotland As at 1 December 2019 Electoral Statistics for Scotland as at 1 December 2019 Published on 24 April 2020 This statistical report provides information on the number of people registered to vote in UK Parliament, Scottish Parliament and Local Government elections. Electoral Statistics, Scotland, December 2019 Summary Electorates in Scotland Number of people registered to vote (millions) 4.17 have increased in 2019 Compared to 2018 the electorate for UK Parliament elections increased by 1.6% 3.99 and the electorate for Scottish 3.99 Scottish Parliament 3.97 Parliament and local and Local Government government elections by 1.5%. The decrease in 2015 was caused by the introduction of Individual Electoral UK Parliament Registration (IER). 2001 2019 In 2015 the voting age for Scottish Parliament and local government elections was lowered to 16. Decrease in number of Number of attainers (thousands) attainers compared to the previous year The numbers of attainers recorded at December 2019 46.2 UK Parliament is believed to be an 45.9 undercount due to delays in 38.2 the registration process. Since the voting age was Scottish Parliament lowered in Scotland, there and Local Government have been more attainers for UK Parliament elections 14.6 than for Scottish Parliament 2009 2019 and local government Attainers are persons who will become old enough to vote in the coming year - turning 18 before December 2020 for UK Parliament elections and turning 16 for Scottish Parliament and elections. local government elections. Most electoral wards Change in electorate over previous year see an increase Greater than 6.5% 9 wards compared to their 5.5% to 6.5% 5 wards electorate in 2018 electorate increasing 4.5% to 5.5% 9 wards Between December 2018 3.5% to 4.5% 19 wards and December 2019, the 2.5% to 3.5% 37 wards electorate increased in 79% 1.5% to 2.5% 59 wards (278) of the 354 electoral 0.5% to 1.5% 94 wards wards in Scotland. -0.5% to 0.5% 80 wards Electoral wards are the sub-council level -1.5% to -0.5% 32 wards electorate decreasing areas that are used to elect councillors for local government elections. Less than -1.5% 10 wards www.nrscotland.gov.uk Source: Electoral Statistics for Scotland, as at December 2019 Electoral Statistics, Scotland, December 2019 Summary Summary of main points Between December 2018 and December 2019: The total number of UK Parliament electors in Scotland increased to 3,989,000. This is an increase of 62,700 (1.6%), and followed a slight decrease over the previous year. The number of registered Scottish Parliament and Local Government electors also increased to 4,167,000. This is an increase of 61,500 (1.5%) on the previous year. At 1 December 2019, there were 73,800 young people aged 16 or 17 registered to vote at Scottish Parliament and Local Government elections, accounting for 1.8% of the total electorate. This is a decrease of 4,600 (5.9%) on the previous year. 17% of the Scottish electorate was registered for postal voting at 1 December 2019. This proportion has been at, or just above, this level in the last five years but is higher than the 11% recorded in 2009. At 1 December 2019, there were 142,400 (non-UK) EU citizens registered to vote in Scottish Parliament and Local Government elections, an increase of 9.600 (7.2%) on the previous year and nearly three times higher than the 50,300 recorded in 2009. This represents 3.4% of the total electorate and is the highest number recorded. www.nrscotland.gov.uk Source: Electoral Statistics for Scotland, as at December 2019 Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................... 5 2. Overview ................................................................................................................... 8 3. UK Parliament electors ............................................................................................ 11 4. Scottish Parliament and Local Government electors ............................................... 11 5. 16 and 17 year old electors ..................................................................................... 12 6. Postal voters ........................................................................................................... 12 7. Overseas electors ................................................................................................... 12 8. EU citizens on the electoral register ........................................................................ 13 9. Opted out voters ...................................................................................................... 14 10. Service voters .......................................................................................................... 14 11. Anonymous voters .................................................................................................... 15 12. December 2019 General Election ............................................................................ 15 13. Links to related statistics .......................................................................................... 15 Table 1: Total number of electoral registrations, by electorate, 2009 to 2019 ................... 16 Background notes .............................................................................................................. 17 4 © Crown Copyright 2020 1. Introduction This publication provides statistics on the number of people included on the Electoral Register as at 1 December 20191, and therefore registered to vote at parliamentary and local elections. This publication is about how many people have registered to vote. Statistics and analysis of the actual turnout at elections are published by the Electoral Commission. Key Terms Electoral register An official list of people in an area who are entitled to vote in an election Electorate All the people in a country or area who are registered to vote in an election Elector A person who has the right to vote in a parliamentary or local government election Postal vote A vote in an election sent in by post rather than cast in person Overseas voter A UK citizen living abroad who applied for a vote having been registered to vote as a resident in the UK in the last 15 years Services voter Members of HM Armed Forces and their spouses, plus Crown servants and British Council employees and their spouses residing abroad Anonymous voter An elector who thinks their name and address being on the electoral register could affect their personal safety Constituency An electoral area that elects one Member of (the UK) Parliament, or one Member of the Scottish Parliament. (There are 59 UK Parliamentary and 73 Scottish Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland, with different sets of boundaries.) Ward A local government electoral area. Council areas are divided into ward for electoral purposes, with 3 or 4 councillors elected for each ward 1 Due to the priority given to administering the December 2019 General Election, ten Electoral Registration Offices published their electoral registers in the first few weeks of November and one in December, while the other four delayed doing so until the start of February 2020. The electoral statistics for 2019 included in this publication therefore only nominally relate to a reference date of 1 December 2019. See background note 2 for further details. 5 © Crown Copyright 2020 Who can vote? This depends on your age, where you live, and your citizenship: For example, British citizens resident overseas are entitled to vote at UK Parliament elections but not at Scottish Parliament or local government elections. The minimum voting age for UK Parliament and European Parliament elections is 18, while 16 and 17-year-olds are eligible to vote at Scottish Parliament and local government elections. Further background information about the Electoral Register, and the definitions and eligibility criteria that apply, is available in the Background note to Electoral Register on the NRS website. 6 © Crown Copyright 2020 Why does the electorate change in size? There are three main reasons: The population changes. People move to or from an area. The number of people old enough to vote changes. People die in smaller or greater numbers. More people get interested in politics. This could be because of a significant vote, a specific political campaign or a current social issue. The rules on who can vote change. For example, in 2015 Scotland lowered the voting age to 16 for Scottish Parliament and local government elections. Who uses these figures? Administering elections Electoral Commission Research and analysis on the electoral process Informing policy on elections Central government Quality assuring population estimates between censuses The design of constituencies and Boundary Commission for Scotland electoral areas Political parties Background information on the political UK Parliament and electoral process Scottish Parliament Local government Research and analysis of the political Academics and electoral process Members of the public Where do the figures come from? Each year National Records of Scotland (NRS) compiles summary electoral statistics from data supplied by the 15 Electoral Registration Offices (EROs) in Scotland. The EROs are responsible for creating and maintaining the Electoral Register in their area and publish two versions of it – the full register and the ‘open register’ – as at 1 December each year. NRS carries out quality checks on the data provided and then publishes an analytical summary of the information. 7
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