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NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM No. ELECTORAL WARD No. 13 (THORNIEWOOD) BY−ELECTION DATE OF BY−ELECTION: 9 JULY 2015 I Gavin Whitefield, Returning Officer for the above by−election, hereby give notice that the votes cast were as follows. Total Ballot Papers received 3,346 Invalid votes 38 Total Valid Votes 3,308 Electoral quota 1,655 Percentage poll 28.2% that the votes cast for each of the candidates were as follows: Name Number of Votes Steven Bonnar 1,555 Scottish National Party (SNP) Hugh Gaffney 1,410 Scottish Labour Party Meghan Gallacher 149 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Patrick Pearse McAleer 51 Scottish Green Party Liam McCabe 81 Scottish Socialist Party Craig Smith 33 Scottish Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ's Lordship" Matt Williams 29 UK Independence Party (UKIP) and that, as the number of votes for no candidate equalled or exceeded the electoral quota there was excluded from the election at the first stage Matt Williams. On the transfer of the ballot papers for Matt Williams, 4 ballot papers were non−transferable as no next available preference was given and the votes then credited to each continuing candidate were as follows: Name Number of Votes Steven Bonnar 1,556 Scottish National Party (SNP) Hugh Gaffney 1,417 Scottish Labour Party Meghan Gallacher 158 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Patrick Pearse McAleer 55 Scottish Green Party Liam McCabe 81 Scottish Socialist Party Craig Smith 37 Scottish Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ's Lordship" and that, as the number of votes for no candidate equalled or exceeded the electoral quota there was excluded from the election at the second stage Craig Smith. On the transfer of the ballot papers for Craig Smith, 7 ballot papers were non−transferable as no next available preference was given and the votes then credited to each continuing candidate were as follows: Published and Printed by the Returning Officer, Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell MLI lAB Name Number of Votes Steven Bonnar 1,565 Scottish National Party (SNP) Hugh Gaffney 1,422 Scottish Labour Party Meghan Gallacher 167 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Patrick Pearse McAleer 61 Scottish Green Party Liam McCabe 82 Scottish Socialist Party and that, as the number of votes for no candidate equalled or exceeded the electoral quota there was excluded from the election at the third stage Patrick Pearse McAleer. On the transfer of the ballot papers for Patrick Pearse McAleer, 17 ballot papers were non−transferable as no next available preference was given and the votes then credited to each continuing candidate were as follows: Name Number of Votes Steven Bonnar 1,586 Scottish National Party (SNP) Hugh Gaffney 1,433 Scottish Labour Party Meghan Gallacher 172 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Liam McCabe 89 Scottish Socialist Party and that, as the number of votes for no candidate equalled or exceeded the electoral quota there was excluded from the election at the fourth stage Liam McCabe. On the transfer of the ballot papers for Liam McCabe, 27 ballot papers were non−transferable as no next available preference was given and the votes then credited to each continuing candidate were as follows: Name Number of Votes Steven Bonnar 1,622 Scottish National Party (SNP) Hugh Gaffney 1,456 Scottish Labour Party Meghan Gallacher 175 Scottish Conservative and Unionist and that, as the number of votes for no candidate equalled or exceeded the electoral quota there was excluded from the election at the fifth stage Meghan Gallacher. On the transfer of the ballot papers for Meghan Gallacher, 89 ballot papers were non−transferable as no next available preference was given and the votes then credited to each continuing candidate were as follows: Name Number of Votes Steven Bonnar 1,647 Scottish National Party (SNP) Hugh Gaffney 1,517 Scottish Labour Party Published and Printed by the Returning Officer, Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell MLI lAB as the number of votes then credited to Steven Bonnar was greater than the number of votes then credited to the other continuing candidate, the said Steven Bonnar was duly elected to serve on North Lanarkshire Council as a Councillor for Ward No. 13 − Thorniewood. Number of Reason Papers (a) Want of unique identifying mark/official mark 0 1st On which the figure "1" standing alone indicating preference is set b a 1 opposite the name of more than 1 candidate (c) Writing or mark by which the voter can be identified 0 (d) *Unmarked or void for uncertainty 37 Total ballot papers rejected 38 * Unmarked or void for uncertainty: Note − this will also include ballot papers rejected under Rule 43(1 )(b). !s W No ReturningIOfficer 10 July 2015 Published and Printed by the Returning Officer, Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell ML1 lAB.

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