Election results for Ward 9 Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood and Lochwinnoch

The councillors elected in Ward 9 Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood and Lochwinnoch, the number of votes they got, the number of rejected votes, election results data.

Preferences by ballot box for Ward 9 Johnstone North Kilbarchan Howwood and Lochwinnoch [287KB] This is the result of the election in Ward 9 Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood and Lochwinnoch.

There are four councillors elected.

The percentage poll was 49.8%. There were 5,821 valid papers and 136 rejected papers.

The quota of votes for a candidate to be elected is 1,165.

Who has been elected

The first preference votes received by each candidates and the stage at which any candidate was elected.

Election results for Ward 9 Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood and Lochwinnoch
Name of candidate	Affiliation	Number of first preference votes	Stage at which candidate has been elected
DOIG, Andy	Independent	1,416	1
GILMOUR, Chris	Scottish Labour Party	968	6
GRAHAM, Gillian	Scottish Labour Party	689	8
HUDSON, Heather	Scottish Green Party	234
JACKSON, Andrew	Scottish Liberal Democrats	89
REID, Louise	Scottish Conservative and Unionist	628
RODDEN, Emma	Scottish National Party (SNP)	1,215	1
STOCKTON, Graeme	Scottish National Party (SNP)	582
	Total	5,821

Rejected votes

These are the number of total ballot papers that were rejected as void and not counted:

Number of total ballot papers that were rejected
Reason for rejection	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	6
On which the figure '1' standing alone indicating a first preference is set opposite the name of more than one candidate	8
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	122
Total number of ballot papers rejected	136

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