Ward 17 spoken ballot paper
At the City of Edinburgh Council by-elections on Thursday 3 September 2026, polling places will have a range of equipment and support options available to support blind and visually impaired voters who wish to vote in person.
Spoken ballot papers are available to support you if you wish to use either of the two tactile voting aids which will be available in the polling place. One is a new cardboard ballot paper overlay which fits exactly over the ballot paper. The older plastic tactile voting device is available as an alternative. This must be fitted in place by polling staff.
Please click play to hear the ballot paper.
If these audio ballot papers do not work for you, please call the election team, during office hours, and they will read out the ballot paper to you. Call 0131 200 2315.
Transcript of audio file
You will shortly hear the names of the candidates standing for election to represent the Portobello / Craigmillar Ward of the City of Edinburgh Council in the by-election on Thursday 3rd September 2026.
One candidate will be elected. You can make as many or as few choices as you wish. Candidates are listed alphabetically by surname on the ballot paper and will be read out now, surname first, in the order that they appear. We also say which numbered voting box the candidate’s name is next to so that you can find it independently if you are using a tactile voting aid with braille and embossed numbers and cut-out over each voting box.
Put the number 1 in the voting box next to your first choice. Put the number 2 in the voting box next to your second choice. Put the number three in the voting box next to your third choice. And so on.
There are ten candidates listed on this ballot paper.
The candidate next to box one on the ballot paper is BALLANTINE, David Craig, ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM
At box two is DEEPNARAIN, Niel, SCOTTISH FAMILY PARTY – CHRISTIAN VALUES
At box three is GREGSON, Pete, WORKERS PARTY OF BRITAIN
At box four is MARTINICO, Lorenzo , SCOTTISH GREENS
At box five is MCGILVRAY, Silas, SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY (SNP)
At box six is MCLAUGHLIN, Andrew, REFORM UK
At box seven is OLECH, Peter, COMMUNIST PARTY OF BRITAIN
At box eight is OWEN, Liss, SCOTTISH LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
At box nine is WYKE, Jim Patrick, SCOTTISH LABOUR PARTY
At box ten is YOUNG, Haris, SCOTTISH CONSERVATIVE AND UNIONIST
This is the end of the ballot paper.