LIVE ELECTIONS MAY 2012 Declaration of Results Ward 05 - Ardrossan and Arran 04/05/2012 I declare that the result of the election in the Ward 05 - Ardrossan and Arran is as follows. There are 4 councillors to be elected. The percentage poll was 40.88%. There were 5590 valid papers and 106 rejected papers. The quota of votes for a candidate to be elected is 1119. The first preference votes received by each of the candidates and the stage at which any candidate was elected is as: Name of Candidate Number of First Stage at which Preference Votes candidate has been elected Gordon Niven ALLISON 221 John BRUCE 837 8 Loretta GARDNER 659 Tony GURNEY 982 8 Marc A HEAD 588 John HUNTER 792 6 Campbell MARTIN 235 Peter MCNAMARA 721 8 Nick SMITH 64 David TATE 491 Of the total ballot papers, the following were rejected as void and not counted on account of: Adjudication Reject Reason Number Which does not bear a unique identifying mark in a form that is capable of being read by electronic means; 0 On which the figure “1” standing alone is not placed so as to indicate a first preference for some candidate 9 On which the figure “1” standing alone indicating a first preference is set opposite the name of more than one candidate 21 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 0 Which is unmarked or void for uncertainty 76 Total number of ballot papers rejected 106 Signature Date Returning Officer LIVE ELECTIONS MAY 2012 Election Results Ward 05 - Ardrossan and Arran 04/05/2012 Total Number of Ballots Received 5696 Total Number of Valid Votes 5590 Number of Vacancies 4 Quota 1119 Stage 1 Exclusion of Exclusion of Exclusion of Exclusion of Exclusion of Surplus of Exclusion of Name of Candidate Party Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 6 Stage 7 Stage 8 1st pref votes Nick SMITH Gordon Niven ALLISON Campbell MARTIN David TATE Marc A HEAD John HUNTER Loretta GARDNER Gordon Niven ALLISON UK Independence Party (UKIP) 221 6.00000 227.00000 -227.00000 0.00000 John BRUCE Scottish National Party (SNP) 837 4.00000 841.00000 27.00000 868.00000 21.00000 889.00000 29.00000 918.00000 191.00000 1109.00000 4.23150 1113.23150 44.18135 1157.41285 Elected Loretta GARDNER Scottish Labour Party 659 8.00000 667.00000 25.00000 692.00000 28.00000 720.00000 30.00000 750.00000 43.00000 793.00000 5.68230 798.68230 -798.68230 0.00000 Tony GURNEY Scottish National Party (SNP) 982 4.00000 986.00000 12.00000 998.00000 35.00000 1033.00000 15.00000 1048.00000 33.00000 1081.00000 14.08485 1095.08485 54.84630 1149.93115 Elected Marc A HEAD Independent 588 7.00000 595.00000 14.00000 609.00000 11.00000 620.00000 94.00000 714.00000 -714.00000 0.00000 John HUNTER Independent 792 4.00000 796.00000 37.00000 833.00000 62.00000 895.00000 130.00000 1025.00000 166.00000 1191.00000 -72.00000 1119.00000 0.00000 1119.00000 Elected Campbell MARTIN Scottish Socialist Party 235 2.00000 237.00000 13.00000 250.00000 -250.00000 0.00000 Peter MCNAMARA Scottish Labour Party 721 9.00000 730.00000 8.00000 738.00000 32.00000 770.00000 42.00000 812.00000 59.00000 871.00000 10.76010 881.76010 532.81350 1414.57360 Elected Nick SMITH Scottish Liberal Democrats 64 -64.00000 0.00000 David TATE Scottish Conservative and Unionist 491 16.00000 507.00000 44.00000 551.00000 10.00000 561.00000 -561.00000 0.00000 Non-transferable votes 0 4.00000 4.00000 47.00000 51.00000 51.00000 102.00000 221.00000 323.00000 222.00000 545.00000 37.24125 582.24125 166.84115 749.08240 Total 5590 = 5590.00000 = 5590.00000 = 5590.00000 = 5590.00000 = 5590.00000 = 5590.00000 = 5590.00000 LIVE ELECTIONS MAY 2012 Preference Summary Report Ward 05 - Ardrossan and Arran 04/05/2012 Total Number of Valid Ballots 5590 Quota 1119 Percentage Turnout 40.88 Number of 1st Number of 2nd Number of 3rd Number of 4th Number of 5th Number of 6th Number of 7th Number of 8th preference votes for preference votes for preference votes for preference votes for preference votes for preference votes for preference votes for preference votes for Candidate Name each candidate each candidate each candidate each candidate each candidate each candidate each candidate each candidate Gordon Niven ALLISON 221 192 244 131 63 35 35 26 John BRUCE 837 1021 273 127 48 18 21 14 Loretta GARDNER 659 691 341 170 42 36 21 22 Tony GURNEY 982 905 433 112 46 21 18 10 Marc A HEAD 588 259 371 154 85 61 39 18 John HUNTER 792 473 479 193 77 53 29 22 Campbell MARTIN 235 220 338 113 55 36 38 44 Peter MCNAMARA 721 727 353 185 68 24 20 22 Nick SMITH 64 134 158 117 62 53 37 32 David TATE 491 250 229 104 38 25 23 35 Number of 9th Number of 10th preference votes for preference votes for each candidate each candidate 22 26 22 18 17 6 21 23 15 9 85 18 27 14 24 49 13 37 62 LIVE ELECTIONS MAY 2012 Transfers Report Ward 05 - Ardrossan and Arran 04/05/2012 Valid Ballots 5590 Positions to be Filled 4 Quota 1119 Stage 1 First Preferences Gordon Niven ALLISON 221 John BRUCE 837 Loretta GARDNER 659 Tony GURNEY 982 Marc A HEAD 588 John HUNTER 792 Campbell MARTIN 235 Peter MCNAMARA 721 Nick SMITH 64 David TATE 491 Stage 2 - Exclusion of Nick SMITH Action Total Votes Transfer Weight Transfer Value Transfer to Gordon Niven ALLISON 6 1 6 Transfer to John BRUCE 4 1 4 Transfer to Loretta GARDNER 8 1 8 Transfer to Tony GURNEY 4 1 4 Transfer to Marc A HEAD 7 1 7 Transfer to John HUNTER 4 1 4 Transfer to Campbell MARTIN 2 1 2 Transfer to Peter MCNAMARA 9 1 9 Transfer to David TATE 16 1 16 Non-transferables 4 Stage 3 - Exclusion of Gordon Niven ALLISON Action Total Votes Transfer Weight Transfer Value Transfer to John BRUCE 27 1 27 Transfer to Loretta GARDNER 25 1 25 Transfer to Tony GURNEY 12 1 12 Transfer to Marc A HEAD 14 1 14 Transfer to John HUNTER 37 1 37 Transfer to Campbell MARTIN 13 1 13 Transfer to Peter MCNAMARA 8 1 8 Transfer to David TATE 44 1 44 Non-transferables 47 Stage 4 - Exclusion of Campbell MARTIN Action Total Votes Transfer Weight Transfer Value Transfer to John BRUCE 21 1 21 Transfer to Loretta GARDNER 28 1 28 Transfer to Tony GURNEY 35 1 35 Transfer to Marc A HEAD 11 1 11 Transfer to John HUNTER 62 1 62 Transfer to Peter MCNAMARA 32 1 32 Transfer to David TATE 10 1 10 Non-transferables 51 Stage 5 - Exclusion of David TATE Action Total Votes Transfer Weight Transfer Value Transfer to John BRUCE 29 1 29 Transfer to Loretta GARDNER 30 1 30 Transfer to Tony GURNEY 15 1 15 Transfer to Marc A HEAD 94 1 94 Transfer to John HUNTER 130 1 130 Transfer to Peter MCNAMARA 42 1 42 Non-transferables 221 Stage 6 - Exclusion of Marc A HEAD Action Total Votes Transfer Weight Transfer Value Transfer to John BRUCE 191 1 191 Transfer to Loretta GARDNER 43 1 43 Transfer to Tony GURNEY 33 1 33 Transfer to John HUNTER 166 1 166 Transfer to Peter MCNAMARA 59 1 59 Non-transferables 222 Stage 7 - Surplus of John HUNTER Action Total Votes Transfer Weight Transfer Value Transfer to John BRUCE 70 0.06045 4.2315 Transfer to Loretta GARDNER 94 0.06045 5.6823 Transfer to Tony GURNEY 233 0.06045 14.08485 Transfer to Peter MCNAMARA 178 0.06045 10.7601 Non-transferables 37.24125 Stage 8 - Exclusion of Loretta GARDNER Action Total Votes Transfer Weight Transfer Value Transfer to John BRUCE 3 0.06045 0.18135 Transfer to John BRUCE 44 1 44 Transfer to Tony GURNEY 14 0.06045 0.8463 Transfer to Tony GURNEY 54 1 54 Transfer to Peter MCNAMARA 30 0.06045 1.8135 Transfer to Peter MCNAMARA 531 1 531 Non-transferables 166.84115 Scottish Local Government Elections 2012: Publishing Voting Information In compliance with Rule 61 of the Scottish Local Election Rules the Returning Officer is required to publish within one week of the declaration of the results of the poll information detailing: • the number of first and subsequent preferences for each candidate at each polling station; and • information for all postal ballots cast in a ward combined as if cast at a further polling station in that ward. The relevant ward polling scheme has been adapted to assist in identification of polling station/ballot box and to provide further combination information. Maintaining confidentiality To ensure that an individual’s voter preferences cannot be identified, it has been necessary to aggregate the data where the number of votes cast in a polling station is less than 200. Where aggregation has been necessary this has been identified in the accompanying data. In combining polling station results the returning officer has adopted the following criteria recommended by the Electoral Management Board for Scotland, which includes: • wherever possible votes from the same polling place, have been combined with another station at the same polling place; • combining single polling stations that are close geographically, particularly in rural areas, including combining villages with villages; • no polling place data has been combined with that from another ward combined manually entered votes have been combined with the final box for the Ward; and • all postal votes for the ward are combined as one ballot box.