Ballot paper in accessible format

At the 2026 Local Government by-election on 2nd July, polling places will have a range of equipment and support options available for blind and visually impaired voters who wish to vote in person.

A spoken ballot paper is 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.

This page provides a text version of the ballot paper for the Peterhead South and Cruden ward for use with audio apps or screen readers.

Peterhead South and Cruden ward ballot paper

On the ballot paper one of the candidates listed below will be elected. You can make as many or as few choices as you wish.

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 3 in the voting box next to your third choice. You can continue numbering candidates in order of preference for as many or as few candidates as you wish.

Candidates are listed alphabetically by surname on the ballot paper and are listed below, surname first, in the order that they appear. The voting box the candidate is next to is also provided, so that you can find it independently if you are using a tactile voting aid with braille and embossed numbers. 

There are seven candidates listed on the ballot paper for Peterhead South and Cruden ward:

Box 1: Bestwick, Dave, Scottish Family Party – Putting Families First
Box 2: Curwen, Andy, Reform UK
Box 3: Gibb, Ross, Scottish Conservative and Unionist
Box 4: Matheson, Angus, Scottish National Party (SNP)
Box 5: Ross, John, Independent
Box 6: Thomson, Ross, Independent
Box 7: Ware, Tony, Scottish Liberal Democrats

This is the end of the ballot paper.