Local Board Elections 2026: Make Your Vote Count!

Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park is a place where people live and work. Our long-term goal is to make the National Park ‘nature positive and carbon negative’.

To us, that means creating a place where you and your neighbours can:

• Live well with access to good jobs and vital local services.
• Enjoy a healthier environment where the Park takes in more carbon than it produces.
• Experience valued and restored nature where people and wildlife thrive together.

Our communities are already feeling the effects of the climate emergency and nature crisis. At the same time, we face pressing rural challenges like access to affordable housing and joined-up public transport. The people you elect to our Board will set the big priorities and make important decisions to tackle these exact issues. This is why your vote is more important than ever.

There are five wards in which people can vote for their local candidates. One Board member will be elected for each ward within:

• • Cowal and North Loch Lomond 
  • Breadalbane and the Trossachs 
  • Callander 
  • East Loch Lomond and Port of Menteith 
  • West Loch Lomond and Balloch 

Your elected representative will:

• Guide the overall direction of the National Park Authority
• Help set out our goals and plans to achieve them
• Make important decisions about planning, access and other issues
• Speak up for the National Park Authority and represent it to others
• Monitor how the organisation is performing and using its resources

Anyone aged 16 or over on 9th July 2016, who lives within one of the National Park’s five wards.  

Step 1 – Ensure you’re registered

From 15th May until 4th June, you can register to vote (if you aren’t already).

You can check you are registered to vote by contacting your local Electoral Registration Office. Details can be found via the Electoral Registration Office.

Step 2 – Check your letterbox

Look out for your ballot paper and details of who is standing for election to the National Park in your area. These will arrive by post on or around 15th June.

Step 3 – Get ready to vote

Cast your vote by returning your completed ballot paper using the postage paid envelope you’ll be sent. Make sure you do this in time to have your vote counted. All postal ballots must be received by no later than 4pm on 9th July 2026.

• Register to vote before: Thursday 4th June 2026
• Return ballot before: 4pm on Thursday 9th July 2026