Frosty roads and wintry showers could keep some would-be voters at home in parts of Scotland today.

The Met Office says surfaces could be slippery and advised people to take care when walking or driving.

Wet and chilly weather is predicted for the rest of the UK, so wrap up warm when heading to your polling station.

One of two yellow weather warnings stretches from Perth, north through central Scotland to Wick and the other covers Thornhill and Lanark further south of the country.

Met office spokesman Oli Claydon said: ‘We have showers passing through many parts of the UK today, and there’s a risk of that turning to ice and there could be some snow in parts of Scotland.’

He said these wintry downpours are only expected in areas above 200m and added: ‘We are not expecting they will cause any real disruption.’

Both ice warnings have been in place since 6pm yesterday and are expected to run to 10am this morning.

The larger warning in central Scotland covers one of Britain’s most marginal seat, Perth and North Perthshire.

In one of the closest election fights in the country, the SNP won the constituency in 2017 by just 21 votes, so the Tories are definitely gunning to win it this time round.

Lib Dem candidate for North East Fife Wendy Chamberlain, another extremely marginal seat, has already said she believes bad weather could affect the vote.

Chamberlain said: ‘There is one part of the constituency near the north, Gauldry, and we were going up it and I said if it’s snowing on December 12 this is probably a place we’re not getting to.

‘I think it means that postal votes will be quite critical and a lower turnout might have an impact as well.’

Meteorologists say it’s going to be pretty grim south of the border throughout the day.

Forecaster Luke Miall said: ‘It’s going to be a cold start, with frost and ice across some eastern areas first thing.

‘After that, things will be turning wet and windy throughout the day.

‘Winds will be particularly strong across the south coast of England, and we will then see some showers following on behind.’

It will stay fairly cold throughout the day, with highs of four to seven degrees in the north of England and highs of 10 further south.

Mr Claydon added: ‘It’s looking unsettled for most, but that’s nothing unusual for the time of year.’

Yesterday Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said he hoped snow and rain would keep voters for rival parties away.

He added: ‘I know that people who are going to vote for us will turn out, because they absolutely believe in our message.’

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