ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL

WARD 5 OBAN NORTH AND LORN BY-ELECTION

3 NOVEMBER 2011

STAGE 1 DECLARATION FORM

The total number of votes cast was …2468.…...... and ………19…… were rejected.

With the number of valid votes being ………2449……………… the Quota (the number of

votes required to win the by-election) is ……1225……………………….

The first preference votes cast were as follows:

Doyle, George / Independent / 165
Glen-Lee, Louise / Scottish National Party (SNP) / 1081
Neal, Gwyneth / Independent / 438
Pollard, David / Scottish Liberal Democrats / 260
Rutherford, Roy / Scottish Conservative and Unionist / 505
* / As no candidate has attained the quota of ……1225…..………………… we will now proceed to Stage2.
The candidate with the lowest number of votes. GEORGE DOYLE will now therefore be excluded and his/her votes transferred to the remaining candidates in accordance with the voters’ next preferences.

*delete as appropriate

Signed: ……………………………………………………………

Sally Loudon, Returning Officer, 4 November 2011

Time……11.05AM…………………

To be completed by the Accountant
ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL

WARD 5 OBAN NORTH AND LORN BY-ELECTION

3 NOVEMBER 2011

STAGE 2 DECLARATION FORM

The first excluded candidate was……GEORGE DOYLE……………... with

…165………………….first preference votes, which have been allocated as follows:

Transferred / Total
Glen-Lee, Louise / Scottish National Party (SNP) / 36 / 1117
Neal, Gwyneth / Independent / 58 / 496
Pollard, David / Scottish Liberal Democrats / 13 / 273
Rutherford, Roy / Scottish Conservative and Unionist / 18 / 523
Non-transferable / 40 / 40
TOTAL / 165 / 2449

Score through the excluded candidate’s name

* / As no candidate has attained the quota of ……1225………………… we will now proceed to Stage 3.
The candidate with the lowest number of votes. …DAVID POLLARD…………… will now therefore be excluded and his/her votes transferred to the remaining candidates in accordance with the voters’ next preferences.

*delete as appropriate

Signed: ……………………………………………………………

Sally Loudon, Returning Officer, 4 November 2011

Time………11.20AM

To be completed by the Accountant

ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL

WARD 5 OBAN NORTH AND LORN BY-ELECTION

3 NOVEMBER 2011

STAGE 3 DECLARATION FORM

The second excluded candidate was……DAVID POLLARD…………………...

with ……273………. votes, which have been allocated as follows:

Transferred / Total
Glen-Lee, Louise / Scottish National Party (SNP) / 62 / 1179
Neal, Gwyneth / Independent / 65 / 561
Rutherford, Roy / Scottish Conservative and Unionist / 68 / 591
Non-transferable / 78 / 118
TOTAL / 273 / 2449

Score through the excluded candidates’ names

* / As no candidate has attained the quota of ……1225……………… we will now proceed to Stage 4.
The candidate with the lowest number of votes. …GWYNETH NEAL……………… will now therefore be excluded and his/her votes transferred to the remaining candidates in accordance with the voters’ next preferences.

*delete as appropriate

Signed: ……………………………………………………………

Sally Loudon, Returning Officer, 4 November 2011

Time…11.35AM…

To be completed by the Accountant

ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL

WARD 5 OBAN NORTH AND LORN BY-ELECTION

3 NOVEMBER 2011

STAGE 4 DECLARATION FORM

The third excluded candidate was……GWYNETH NEAL………………...

with ………561………. votes, which have been allocated as follows:

Transferred / Total
Glen-Lee, Louise / Scottish National Party (SNP) / 195 / 1374
Rutherford, Roy / Scottish Conservative and Unionist / 167 / 758
Non-transferable / 199 / 561
TOTAL / 561 / 2449

Score through the excluded candidates’ names

* / As…LOUISE GLEN-LEE…. has attained the Quota, I hereby declare that she is duly elected to serve as a Member for the Oban North and Lorn Ward of Argyll and Bute Council

Signed: ……………………………………………………………

Sally Loudon, Returning Officer, 4 November 2011

Time…12.00NOON

To be completed by the Accountant