Elections and Electoral Services

Elections, by-elections and referendums are administered by the Returning Officer and the elections office who responsible for conducting council elections and elections to the Scottish, Westminster and European Parliaments in the Moray area, Community Council elections and Cairngorm National Park Authority elections as well as referendums. We also occasionally deal with Community Buy-out ballots.

Voting gives you a voice in deciding who will make decisions on the issues that affect you everyday at work, at home and in your community. If you need any assistance or information please contact us using the details below.

Updated 27/09/2018

Final recommendations for future UK Parliamentary constituencies published

The Boundary Commission for Scotland have submitted their report for the 2018 Review of UK Parliament Constituencies to the Secretary of State for Scotland which was laid before parliament on 10 September 2018. The report is to be considered by Parliament. The final recommendations for the Moray area, if approved will mean that the UK Parliamentary constituency of Moray will extend to become Moray & Nairn. A timescale for adoption of these boundaries  is not yet available. For more information please visit the Boundary Commission for Scotland's website.

Contact Details

Electoral Registration office

For electoral register enquiries, to register to vote, change or amend your address or to apply for a postal or proxy vote or to make changes to postal or proxy voting preferences please contact the Electoral Registration office. Please note that the Electoral Registration Officer only deals with electoral register enquiries, amendments, changes to those registered at an address and applications to vote including by post and proxy.

Electoral Registration Officer
Grampian Valuation Joint Board, 234 High Street, Elgin, IV30 1BA
Tel: 01343 541203
Email: elgin@grampian-ero.gov.uk
Web: www.votemoray.org

Monday - Thursday - 9am to 5pm, Friday - 9am to 4pm 

Moray Election office

For information about elections, dates and notices, candidate nominations, agents, polling places, assistance to vote, issues with postal votes not being received, spoilt or lost, ballot papers and how to vote, results or any other election related query:

Elections office
Moray Council, Council Office, High Street, Elgin, IV30 1BX

Elections Helpline: 01343 563334
Email: election.enquiries@moray.gov.uk  (please use the email address noted above for electoral register enquiries)
Web: www.moray.gov.uk/elections

This area of the website provides relevant information to voters, candidates, agents and permitted participants on elections/referendums within the Moray Local Authority Area. It is intended as  a guide to supplement other sources of information and should not be relied on as legally definitive.  Information is subject to change at short notice as legislation / guidance requires. The Returning / Counting Officer does not accept any responsibility for any errors or omissions, or any act arising from, or based on, information contained on the website. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk. Voters, candidates or agents should consult the appropriate legislation and seek their own legal advice or guidance if they are in any doubt about a particular point.

Data Protection

The election office provide a number of services to a range of people and in some cases these rely on us collecting and using information about individuals. Everything we do with that information has to comply with data protection legislation. Below follows  information on our data protection practices through a series of privacy notice relevant to a number of parties.These notices are used to inform you of details about the information we collect, why we collect it, what we use it for, who we share it with, and what rights you have about the information we hold about you.

• Privacy Notice - Electors (PDF, 231kB)
• Privacy Notice - Candidates and Agents (PDF, 210kB)
• Privacy Notice - Temporary election staff (PDF, 207kB)
• Privacy Notice - Polling Place contacts (PDF, 207kB)

If you have any queries please contact us using the contact details noted above.