
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Scottish Parliament Elections (Regional Returning Officers and Constituency Returning Officers) Order 2025 and, subject to paragraph (2), comes into force on 7 November 2025.
(2) This Order has no effect for the purposes of any election for which the date of poll is on or before 6 May 2026.
(3) In this Order “local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
2 
For the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998, the person designated as the regional returning officer for a region specified in column 1 of schedule 1(regional returning officers for the Scottish Parliament regions) of this Order is the person who, under section 41(1) (returning officers: local elections in Scotland) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, is the returning officer for elections of councillors for the local authority specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that schedule.
3 
The person directed to be the constituency returning officer for a constituency specified in the column 1 of schedule 2 (constituency returning officers for Scottish Parliament constituencies situated in more than one local government area) of this Order is the person who, under section 41(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983, is the returning officer for elections of councillors for the local authority specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that schedule.
4 
The Scottish Parliament Elections (Regional Returning Officers and Constituency Returning Officers) Order 2016 is revoked.
SIOBHIAN BROWN
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrews House
Edinburgh
21st October 2025
Schedule 1
Article 2


Column 1Region Column 2Local authority
Central Scotland and Lothians West North Lanarkshire Council
Edinburgh and Lothians East City of Edinburgh Council
Glasgow Glasgow City Council
Highlands and Islands Highland Council
Mid Scotland and Fife Fife Council
North East Scotland Aberdeen City Council
South Scotland Dumfries and Galloway Council
West Scotland Renfrewshire Council
Schedule 2
Article 3


Column 1Constituency Column 2Local authority
Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine Aberdeen City Council
Angus North and Mearns Angus Council
Banffshire and Buchan Coast Aberdeenshire Council
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley East Ayrshire Council
Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Clackmannanshire Council
Clydebank and Milngavie West Dunbartonshire Council
Cunninghame South North Ayrshire Council
Dumbarton West Dunbartonshire Council
Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent East Lothian Council
Falkirk East and Linlithgow Falkirk Council
Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale Scottish Borders Council
Renfrewshire North and Cardonald Renfrewshire Council
Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley Renfrewshire Council
Uddingston and Bellshill North Lanarkshire Council