The law requires us to use the number of “local government electors”. In order to be a local government elector, you have to be over 16, and to be included on the Register of Electors for your area. Find out how to check whether you’re registered to vote, and how to register to vote at www.mygov.scot/voting-in-elections-in-scotland/register-to-vote

UK citizens of voting age who are resident in the UK are entitled to register to vote in all elections. EU citizens who are resident in the UK can register as local government electors. Commonwealth and Irish Republic citizens who are resident in the UK and UK citizens living abroad, can register as parliamentary electors. We use the local government electorate for all of our reviews.

We do not publish current electorate figures for wards. These can be obtained from the relevant page of the National Records of Scotland website: www.nrscotland.gov.uk.

Yes. The law specifies that each ward should have “as nearly as may be” the same number of electors per councillor as every other ward in a council area. We refer to this as electoral parity. As a result, when we carry out a review, we look closely at the number of electors in each area. We also We consider likely changes to electorate over the following 5 years when we conduct a review. To do this, we use information from the local authority on expected new-build and demolitions of dwellings over the period, together with population projections from the National Records of Scotland.

Yes. The law specifies that each constituency must have the same number of electors “as is practicable” while also taking account of the other rules for constituency design. Because of this, when we carry out a review, we look closely at the number of electors in each area.