Leaders cast their votes as polls open for General Election 2024

Polling stations across Scotland and the rest of the UK have opened.

Scottish party leaders are among those who have been voting as the country goes to the polls in the General Election.

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Scottish party leaders are among those who have been voting as the country goes to the polls in the General Election. Voters are casting their ballots on Thursday in the first UK-wide vote since 2019. Polling places are open from 7am to 10pm, with results expected in the early hours of Friday. #news #dogs #politics #election #animals

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Voters are casting their ballots on Thursday in the first UK-wide vote since 2019.

Polling places are open from 7am to 10pm, with results expected in the early hours of Friday.

First Minister of Scotland, John Swinney, arrives to vote at a polling station with son Matthew in Blairgowrie.Getty Images

It is the first General Election where voters will need to show photographic ID before they can receive their ballot paper following a law change in 2022.

An exit poll, published shortly after 10pm on Thursday, will provide the first indication of how the election has gone on a national level.

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Scottish party leaders are among those who have been voting as the country goes to the polls in the General Election. Read more on the STV News website. #polls #GeneralElection2024 #scottishpartyleaders #stv #stvnews #news

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Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Anas Sarwar, arrives with his family to vote at a polling station at Pollokshields Burgh Hall.Getty Images

These take place at polling stations across the country, with tens of thousands of people asked to privately fill in a replica ballot as they leave, to get an indication of how they voted.

The first of the 650 seats are likely to declare their results from 11.30pm.

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross, his wife Krystle and sons James and Alistair held hands as they walked to the polling station in Fogwatt Hall, Fogwatt, near Elgin in Moray.STV News

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar cast his vote at Pollokshields Burgh Hall in Glasgow on Thursday morning, accompanied by his wife Furheen and son Aliyan.

Scotland’s First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney voted at Burrelton Village Hall, Perthshire.

Accompanied by his 13-year-old son Matthew, the First Minister walked from his home to the polling station, greeting members of the media on the way in.

Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton was heading to a polling place in Edinburgh.STV News

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross, his wife Krystle and sons James and Alistair held hands as they walked to the polling station in Fogwatt Hall, Fogwatt, near Elgin in Moray.

Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton was heading to a polling place in Edinburgh while co-leaders of the Scottish Greens, Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater, were casting their votes in Glasgow and Edinburgh respectively.

Scottish Green Party co-leader Patrick Harvie gives a thumbs up as he cycles to a polling station at Notre Dame Primary School in Glasgow.Getty Images
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