05/10/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 05/10/2024 03:25
Posted on 10 May 2024
The Returning Officer for North Ayrshire, Craig Hatton, has declared the following local result in the Ward 6 Kilwinning By-Election.
Name of Candidate |
Number of First Preference Votes |
Stage Elected |
Ian Charles Gibson Scottish Family Party - Putting Families First |
136 |
|
Sheila Gibson Scottish National Party (SNP) |
916 |
|
Mary Hume Scottish Labour Party |
2,171 |
1 |
Ruby Kirkwood Scottish Liberal Democrats |
154 |
|
Chris Lawler Scottish Conservative and Unionist |
619 |
The Count was held at Nethermains Community Centre and was carried out electronically as local Council elections in Scotland use the Single Transferable Voting system, which allows voters to rank candidates in their preferred order.
After the application of the election rules, Mary Hume, Scottish Labour Party, was elected at Stage 1 and is now duly elected as Councillor to represent Ward 6 Kilwinning.
The total number of valid ballot papers was 4,038.
The total number of rejected ballot papers was 42.
Ballot papers are rejected if they do not bear the unique identifying mark; there is no indication of first preference for a candidate; first preference is expressed for more than one candidate; writing or a mark could identify the voter; or unmarked or void for uncertainty.
The percentage turnout for this by-election was 30.2%.