TENS of thousands of Renfrewshire residents will go to the polls tomorrow to cast their votes in the European Parliament elections.

And people are being urged to make sure they are in the know about how to make their voice heard.

There are 60 polling places across the area, which will be open from 7am to 10pm, and voters can find out which one they should be going to by checking the polling card they should have received in the post.

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Any voter who arrives at their polling station and is in a queue waiting to vote at 10pm will still be able to vote.

Voters are required to mark an X in the box on the right-hand side of the ballot paper, against the name of the party or independent candidate they wish to vote for.

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The election uses a proportional representation system and the number of party list or independent candidates elected as MEPs depends on the overall share of the votes each receives.

Once the polls have closed, the Renfrewshire votes will be counted on Sunday at the Lagoon Leisure Centre, in Paisley.

The totals for each area are then reported to the regional returning officer in Edinburgh.

A declaration of the total number of votes cast for each party or individual candidate across Scotland will be made on Monday, followed by details of how the six Scottish seats at the European Parliament have been allocated. 

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The UK had been set to sit out the 2019 Euro elections as a result of Brexit, with the planned departure from the European Union supposed to have taken place in March.

However, the failure by Prime Minister Theresa May to get a Withdrawal Agreement approved by MPs means the UK remains a member of the EU and has to take part in the elections. The new European Parliament will assemble on July 2. 

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