Voters go to polls in Scotland

People across the country are casting their ballot in the General Election

Published 12th Dec 2019

Voters across Scotland are going to the polls in this year's General Election.

Scottish political leaders are among the first to cast their votes, with SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon voting in Glasgow and Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard in Paisley.

Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater will vote in Edinburgh, while co-leader Patrick Harvie will do so later in Glasgow.

Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson will cast her vote in Bearsden in West Dunbartonshire.

Counting will start once the polls close at 10pm.

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