Rochester East ward by-election

Rochester East ward by-election results

I, Neil Davies, being the Returning Officer at the election of a Councillor for Rochester East ward held on Thursday 16 December 2021 do hereby give notice that the number of votes given for each candidate at the election was as follows:

Last name First name Party Votes

Edwards

Lauren Rae

Labour Party Candidate

870

Griffin

Brian John

The Conservative Party Candidate

388

Hyde

Bernard Edward

The Green Party Candidate

69

Manuel

Sarah Louise

Liberal Democrats Candidate

48

And declare that Lauren Edwards, has been duly elected as the councillor for the ward.

The number of votes rejected and not counted by me at this election was:

Type of rejected vote Votes

For want of Official Mark

0

For voting for more than one candidate

1

For writing or marks by which the voter could be identified

0

For being unmarked or voided for uncertainty

4

Total

5

Verification statement

I, Neil Davies, being the Returning Officer at the election of a Councillor for Rochester East ward held on Thursday 16 December 2021, having concluded the verification of ballot papers I declare that:

  • the total number of verified ballot papers from the polling stations is 739
  • the total number of verified postal ballot papers is 641
  • the total number of ballot papers verified is 1380
  • the electorate as of today is 7597
  • and the turnout is 18.17%.

Neil Davies,
Returning Officer
16 December 2021