North East Scotland Region Date of Election Thursday 5 May 2016
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Scottish Parliament election Declaration of result North East Scotland Region Date of election Thursday 5 May 2016 The results of the verification stage for the North East Scotland Region were as follows; Electorate 579,544 Total votes cast 307,524 Turnout 53.06% I, Angela Scott, Regional Returning Officer for the Scottish Parliamentary Election in the North East Scotland Region, hereby give Notice that the total number of votes polled for each Registered Party at the election was as follows; Party Number of Votes COMMUNIST PARTY OF BRITAIN 510 RISE – RESPECT, INDEPENDENCE, SOCIALISM AND 599 ENVIRONMENTALISM SCOTTISH CHRISTIAN PARTY “PROCLAIMING CHRIST’S 2,068 LORDSHIP” SCOTTISH CONSERVATIVE AND UNIONIST PARTY 85,848 SCOTTISH GREEN PARTY 15,123 SCOTTISH LABOUR PARTY 38,791 SCOTTISH LIBERAL DEMOCRATS 18,444 SCOTTISH LIBERTARIAN PARTY 552 SCOTTISH NATIONAL FRONT 617 SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY (SNP) 137,086 SOLIDARITY – SCOTLAND’S SOCIALIST MOVEMENT 992 UK INDEPENDENCE PARTY (UKIP) 6,376 The total number of rejected votes was ___518__. The reason for rejection was as follows: Reason for rejection Number of votes Lack of official mark or unique identifying mark 0 Voting for more than one party and/or candidate 103 Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified 4 Unmarked or void for uncertainty 411 The following candidates are duly elected to serve as Members of the Scottish Parliament for the North East Scotland region are: JOHNSTONE, Alex Scottish Conservative and Unionist Scottish Labour Party MARRA, Jenny Scottish Conservative and Unionist THOMSON, Ross CHAPMAN, Peter Scottish Conservative and Unionist MACDONALD, Lewis Scottish Labour Party RUMBLES, Mike Scottish Liberal Democrats Scottish Conservative and Unionist KERR, Liam .