Ward 07- Paisley Southwest

I declare that the result of the election in Ward 7 - Paisley Southwest is as follows.

There are 4 councillors to be elected.

The percentage poll was 48.8%. There were 5,614 valid papers and 103 rejected papers.

The quota of votes for a candidate to be elected is 1,123.

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
Stephen BURNS	Scottish National Party (SNP)	724	6
Lorraine CAMERON	Scottish National Party (SNP)	972	5
James HALPIN	Scottish Conservative and Unionist	751	0
Sean McEvoy LAFFERTY	Scottish Green Party	157	0
Eileen MCCARTIN	Scottish Liberal Democrats	993	3
Brian Alexander MCGUIRE	Scottish National Party (SNP)	560	0
Kevin MONTGOMERY	Scottish Labour Party	1,457	1
		Total	5,614

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	91
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	3
Total number of ballot papers rejected	103

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