Ward 04- Paisley Northwest

I declare that the result of the election in Ward 4 - Paisley Northwest is as follows.

There are 4 councillors to be elected.

The percentage poll was 39.4%. There were 4,863 valid papers and 126 rejected papers.

The quota of votes for a candidate to be elected is 973.

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
Jack CLARK	Scottish Liberal Democrats	123	0
Beth DOUGLAS	Scottish Green Party	188	0
Andy DOYLE		211	0
Karen KENNEDY	Scottish Labour Party	850	8
Kenny MACLAREN	Scottish National Party (SNP)	1,303	1
Mags MACLAREN	Scottish National Party (SNP)	811	2
John MCINTYRE	Scottish Conservative and Unionist	657	10
John Goudie MCINTYRE	Independent	185	0
Sandra WEBSTER	Scottish Socialist Party	42	0
Tommy WILLIAMS	Scottish Labour Party	493	0
		Total	4,863

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	100
On which the figure '1' standing alone indicating a first preference is set opposite the name of more than one candidate	24
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	2
Total number of ballot papers rejected	126

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