Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) elections – voting starts on Monday 6 November and closes on Sunday 19 November
21 candidates are standing in these five constituencies:
Edinburgh Central – 6 candidates
Edinburgh Northern and Leith – 3 candidates
Edinburgh Pentlands – 4 candidates
Edinburgh Southern – 4 candidates
Edinburgh Western – 4 candidates
Two candidates will be elected unopposed for Edinburgh Eastern.
Brief candidate profiles are available at: https://elections.syp.org.uk/elections/19/ (see ‘select constituency’ at the bottom of the page).
Who can vote?
All young people aged 12 (or in 1st year of secondary school) to 25 can vote in the contested constituencies.
Voting will take place online. Young people can vote using their Young Scot card or a temporary number at:
Temporary numbers have been issued to schools in the contested constituencies so young people can ask for a temporary number at school or by emailing:
To check which Scottish Parliamentary constituency you are in, please visit https://boundaries.scot/ and enter your postcode.
What you can do
Please encourage young people you work with or are in contact with to vote for their preferred candidates. Every vote will count so it’s essential that we give as many young people as possible the opportunity to vote.
The Scottish Youth Parliament is the democratically elected voice of Scotland’s young people. Please help us to ensure that we have a good turnout in Edinburgh so that the successful candidates have a strong mandate to represent young people.
For more info visit SYP website
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