SINCE this snap election was called, I’ve knocked on thousands of doors, and spoken to hundreds of voters. I’ve chapped doors both in the pouring rain and when the sun has been splitting the skies. I’ve chapped doors in small country villages and in large council housing estates. But one conversation I had with a voter right at the start of the campaign has stayed firmly at the front of my mind for the last few weeks.

At the beginning of May, on a dreich night in the Perthshire village of Almondbank, I met a woman on the campaign trail. One of my canvassing team had been to her door, and although she hadn’t voted for an SNP candidate before, she took up his offer to quiz me in person about the General Election.

As we sheltered in her doorway from the drizzle, she explained that she had recently moved to the area, and had usually voted Labour when she lived south of the Border. She wanted to know more about me and the SNP, and what my plans were to represent the area if I’m re-elected tomorrow.

But most of all, over the course of our five-minute discussion, she wanted to talk about the possibility of another Tory government under Theresa May, and how this “petrified” her. She was scared about the prospects for her daughter, who was at university. She worried about how Brexit will hold her back, rather than allowing her to reach her full potential. She thought out loud about the impact of an ever more insular country on her outward-looking ambitions, and about our diminishing place in the world. She was concerned about the impact of further austerity measures on the poor and the vulnerable, and about how our society treats those who need our help and support with scepticism and blame rather than kindness and compassion.

I sympathised where we agreed, and built bridges, trust and understanding where our views differed. And I’m happy to say that I left our conversation with her promise to lend me her vote tomorrow.

Whilst convincing that particular voter of the positive case for an SNP vote, I know that the main driver of her commitment was to do everything she could to keep the Tories from winning in my constituency, and adding another MP to their likely majority. She knows that only the SNP can beat the Tories here, and that every vote for a local Tory candidate is another vote in support of Theresa May’s plans for an extreme Brexit, damaging austerity measures and a further raid on pensions.

The polls open at 7am tomorrow, and at that point the public debate will be over. Aspiring politicians will have had their say. It will be a matter for the individual conscience of voters, for you, how you cast your vote. Our collective fate rests in your hands.

Your vote tomorrow is your investment in the future of our families, our communities and our country. It’s our individual responsibility within our democracy to choose our local representatives, to ensure that our views are represented fairly, and that we are governed well.

So, what is your vote worth to you?

Make your vote a statement of hope for our future and of faith in our society.

Vote for yourself, your loved ones, and your neighbours.

Vote for a party and for your local candidate to be a strong voice for good at Westminster. Our parliamentarians will have a say in so many vital decisions in the next five years, make sure that the person who represents you will do the right thing on the two-child cap on tax credits, the proposed cuts to pensions and on ensuring that Scotland gets a voice at the top table when the big decisions are made.

If, like that Almondbank voter and so many others, you worry about the prospect of a Tory government, tomorrow gives you a chance to have your say. It’s your opportunity to do the right thing, and to choose a better future for you and everyone who lives here.

When all is said and done, for your family, for your community and for your country, make your vote count tomorrow. The responsibility is yours. Use it well.