Notice of Election

Scottish Parliamentary Election For the Clydebank and Milngavie Constituency

1. An election is to be held for a Constituency Member to serve in the Scottish Parliament for the Clydebank and Milngavie constituency.
2. Nomination papers can be obtained from the office of the Constituency Returning Officer, Election Office, Municipal Buildings, College Street, Dumbarton, G82 1NH, during the times stated below.
3. Nomination papers must be delivered to the Constituency Returning Officer at the Election Office, Municipal Buildings, College Street, Dumbarton, G82 1NH, between the hours of 10am to 4 pm on any working day after the date of this notice but no later than 4pm on Wednesday 1 April 2026.
4. If the election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday 7 May 2026.
5. Applications to register to vote must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Monday 20 April 2026. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
6. The £500 deposit can be paid by legal tender or by means of a banker’s draft from a drawer which carries on business as a banker in the United Kingdom or by debit or credit card.
7. Applications, amendments or cancellation of postal votes must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer at the address below by 5pm on Tuesday 21 April 2026.
8. Applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer at the address below by 5pm on Tuesday 28 April 2026.
9. Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election can be made after the 28 April deadline on the grounds of:
   1. disability suffered after that deadline (or, for applicants who suffered a disability before the deadline, their disability meant that they could not reasonably have made an application in time)
   2. the need to accompany an individual to attend medical care or treatment arising after that deadline
   3. being detained in a hospital under the civil sections of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 arising after that deadline
   4. work/service reasons arising after that deadline
   5. Scottish prisoners serving a sentence of 12 months or less arising after that deadline
   6. circumstances that mean the appointed proxy cannot reasonably be expected to vote in person at the polling station arising after that deadline

Applications must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer at the address below by 5pm on Thursday 7 May 2026.

Contact details of Electoral Registration Officers(s) in the constituency

Russell Hewton, Electoral Registration Officer

Dunbartonshire and Argyll and Bute Valuation Joint Board
235 Dumbarton Road
Clydebank
G81 4XJ

• Office Telephone:  0141 562 1200
• Email:  ero-wdc@dab-vjb.gov.uk
• Website:  Dunbartonshire and Argyll & Bute – Scottish Assessors Sites

Dated: 16 March 2026                 Peter Hessett, Constituency Returning Officer