Ward 3 - Declaration of Results Report

Declaration of Results Report

This report is the Declaration of Results script for Returning Officer.

Contest Name Ward 3 - Bearsden South

I will now declare the result of the election in the Ward 3 - Bearsden South. There are 3 Councillors to be elected.

The electorate was 11,099 and the number of ballot papers received was 6,420 giving a percentage turnout of 57.8%. There were 50 rejected ballot papers. The quota of votes for a candidate to be elected was 1,593.

The number of first preference votes for each of the candidates was:

First preference votes

Candidate Name Affiliation Number of First Preference Votes
Lorna DOUGALL Labour and Co-operative Party 1,023
Scott FERGUSON Scottish Greens Think Global Act Local 457
Ian GALLAGHER Scottish National Party (SNP) 1,490
Duncan MALCOLM Independent 147
Sheila MECHAN Independent 302
Vaughan MOODY Scottish Liberal Democrats 1,473
Andrew POLSON Scottish Conservative and Unionist 1,478
Total   6,370

Elected councillors

After application of the Election Rules, I declare that the following are elected as Councillors for the Ward 1 - Milngavie:

Candidate Name Affiliation Stage at which Candidate was Elected
Ian GALLAGHER Scottish National Party (SNP) 4
Vaughan MOODY Scottish Liberal Democrats 4
Andrew POLSON Scottish Conservative and Unionist 6

Rejected ballot papers

Of the total ballot papers, the following were rejected and not counted on account of:

2011 Order Rule 44 (1)

Adjudication Rejection Reason

Number

(a) Which does not bear a unique identifying mark in a form that is capable of being read by electronic means 0
(b) On which a number standing alone is not placed so as to indicate a first preference for some candidate 1
(c) On which the figure "1" standing alone indicating a first preference is set opposite the name of more than one candidate 40
d) On which anything is written or marked by which the voter can be identified except the printed number and other unique identifying mark on the back 0
(e) Which is unmarked or void for uncertainty 9
Total   50