NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL – RESULTS OF BY-ELECTIONS WARDS 13 (FORTISSAT) AND WARD 14 (THORNIEWOOD) DATE OF BY-ELECTION: THURSDAY, 4 MARCH 2021 Ward 13 (Fortissat) I Des Murray, Returning Officer for the above by-election, hereby give notice that the votes cast were as follows. Total Ballot Papers received 2,821 Invalid votes 29 Total Valid Votes 2,792 Electoral quota 1,397 Percentage poll 23.3% that the votes cast for each of the candidates were as follows: Number of First Stage at which candidate Candidate Preference Votes has been elected Ben Callaghan 656 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Kyle Davidson 69 Scottish Green Party Peter Gerard Kelly 1,071 4 Scottish Labour and Co-operative Party Sarah Isobel Quinn 965 Scottish National Party (SNP) Neil Wilson 31 UKIP and I declare that the candidate elected to serve on North Lanarkshire Council as a Councillor for Ward No. 13 – Fortissat is:- Peter Gerard Kelly. Of the total ballot papers, the following were rejected as void and not counted on account of: Number of Adjudication Reject Reason Papers Which does not bear a unique identifying mark in a form that is capable of being read by 0 electronic means On which the figure “1” standing alone is not placed so as to indicate a first preference for 26 some candidate On which the figure “1” standing alone indicating a first preference is set opposite the name 0 of more than one candidate On which anything is written or marked by which the voter can be identified except the 0 printed number and other unique identifying mark on the back Which is unmarked or void for uncertainty 3 Total ballot papers rejected 29 Des Murray Returning Officer 5 March 2021 Ward 14 (Thorniewood) I Des Murray, Returning Officer for the above by-election, hereby give notice that the votes cast were as follows. Total Ballot Papers received 2,769 Invalid votes 29 Total Valid Votes 2,740 Electoral quota 1,371 Percentage poll 25.4% that the votes cast for each of the candidates were as follows: Number of First Stage at which candidate Candidate Preference Votes has been elected Oyebola Ajala 212 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Joseph Budd 518 Independent Eve Cunnington 944 Scottish National Party (SNP) Daryl Gardner 15 UKIP Helen Loughran 998 Scottish Labour Party 6 Rosemary McGowan 53 Scottish Green Party and I declare that the candidate elected to serve on North Lanarkshire Council as a Councillor for Ward No. 14 – Thorniewood is:- Helen Loughran. Of the total ballot papers, the following were rejected as void and not counted on account of: Number of Adjudication Reject Reason Papers Which does not bear a unique identifying mark in a form that is capable of being read by 0 electronic means On which the figure “1” standing alone is not placed so as to indicate a first preference for 12 some candidate On which the figure “1” standing alone indicating a first preference is set opposite the name 17 of more than one candidate On which anything is written or marked by which the voter can be identified except the 0 printed number and other unique identifying mark on the back Which is unmarked or void for uncertainty 0 Total ballot papers rejected 29 Des Murray Returning Officer 5 March 2021 .