Ward 01- Renfrew North and Braehead

I declare that the result of the election in Ward 1 - Renfrew North and Braehead is as follows.

There are 4 councillors to be elected.

The percentage poll was 45.9%. There were 5,421 valid papers and 137 rejected papers.

The quota of votes for a candidate to be elected is 1,085.

The first preference votes received by each of the candidates and the stage at which any candidate was elected is as follows:

Name of candidate	Affiliation	Number of first preference votes	Stage at which candidate has been elected
Bill BROWN	Scottish Labour Party	1,104	1
Lisa-Marie HUGHES	Scottish National Party (SNP)	832	6
Peter MORTON	Independent	153	0
Alexander MURRIN	Scottish Labour Party	645	0
Nathalie ROSSET	Scottish Green Party	145	0
John SHAW	Scottish National Party (SNP)	1,335	1
Ross STALKER	Scottish Liberal Democrats	123	0
Jane STRANG	Scottish Conservative and Unionist	1,084	2
		Total	5,421

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	7
On which the figure '1' standing alone indicating a first preference is set opposite the name of more than one candidate	125
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	5
Total number of ballot papers rejected	137

Renfrewshire Council