By-election: electoral ward 4 - Highland (September 2011)
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
|
Elected at stage number
|
 |
Victor Clements |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
|
|
 |
William Leszke |
Independent |
|
|
 |
Graham Rees |
Scottish Conservative and Unionist |
|
|
|
Chris Rennie |
Independent |
|
|
 |
Mike Williamson |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
|
1 |
No of seats: 1
Number of ballots received: 2685
Number of valid votes: 2662
Percentage poll: 37.38%
Rejected ballot papers: 23
Breakdown of Results
| Name of Candidate |
Party |
Number of First Preference Votes |
Stage at which candidate has been
elected |
| CLEMENTS Victor |
Scottish Liberal Democrats |
321
|
|
| LESKE William |
Independent |
269 |
|
| REES Graham |
Scottish Conservative and Unionist |
596 |
|
| RENNIE Chris |
Independent |
27 |
|
| WILLIAMSON Mike |
Scottish National Party (SNP) |
1449 |
1 |
Ballot papers - spoiled / rejected
|
Reason |
Number of papers |
| (a) |
No official mark |
0 |
| (b) |
No clear first preference |
11 |
| (c) |
Overvoting (more than one first preference) |
12 |
| (d) |
Writing by which the voter can be identified |
0 |
| (e) |
Unmarked or Void |
0 |
|
Total ballot papers rejected |
23 |
How Single Transferable Voting (STV) works
The number of votes required for a candidate to be elected (the
quota) is calculated. For this seat the quota of votes for a
candidate to be elected is 1332.
The count then progresses through as many stages as are required to
elect candidates to the number of seats to be filled (either three
or four).
Each stage does not always result in a candidate being
elected.
For the first stage, the first preference from each ballot paper
are counted and candidates achieving the quota are elected.
If no candidate has achieved the quota, the candidate with the
lowest number of votes is excluded.
Each of the next stages involves:
The allocation of votes from the previous stage - either surplus
votes from a candidate who has achieved the quota or votes from the
candidate with the lowest number of votes who has been excluded.
The allocation process transfers votes according to the voters'
next preferences.
The election of any candidate who has achieved the quota or, if
none has achieved the quota, then the exclusion of the candidate
with the lowest number of votes.
At any stage, if the number of candidates elected plus those
remaining is equal to the number of seats to be filled then the
remaining candidates are elected (even though they may not have
reached the quota).
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