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Stromness and South Isles Declaration of Results

Date: 28 March 2024

I declare that the result of the Orkney Islands Council Local Government By-Election in the Stromness & South Isles Ward is as follows:

There is one councillor to be elected.

The Percentage Poll was 39.76%.

There were 882 valid ballot papers and 1 rejected ballot papers.

The first preference votes received by each of the candidates and at the stage at which the candidate was elected is:

Name of Candidate

Party

Number of 1st Preference Votes

Stage at which Candidate has been Elected

Janette Ann PARK

Independent

757 1

Magnus Thompson

Independent

125

After application of the election rules, I declare that Janette Anne Park has been duly elected to serve as Councillor for the Stromness & South Isles Ward of Orkney Islands Council.


The following were rejected as void and not counted on account of:

Reasoning

Number

Which does not bear a unique identifying mark in a form that is capable of being read by electronic means

On which the figure '1' standing alone is not places sos as to indicate a first preference for some candidate

On which the figure '1' standing alone indicating a first preference is set opposite the name of more than one candidate

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

Which is marked unmarked or void for uncertainty

1

Total number of ballot papers rejected

1

Oliver David Reid

Returning Officer

28 March 2024

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