I, Neil Davies, being the Returning Officer at the election held on Thursday 2 May 2019 do hereby give notice that the number of votes given for each candidate at the election was as follows: 

Surname

Other names 

Party 

Results 

Atkinson 

David John 

UKIP 

604

Braithwaite 

James Michael 

Labour Party 

1,118

Chitty 

Elizabeth Jane 

Conservative Party Candidate 

1,331

George 

Chembukkavu John 

Independent 

410

Hubbard 

Stephen Alan 

Labour Party 

1,313

Iles 

Stephen Ian, commonly known as Steve

Conservative Party Candidate 

1,200

Marchant 

Patricia Anne, commonly known as Trish 

Green Party 

499

Mitchell 

Fatima 

Conservative Party Candidate 

1,055

Nithsdale 

Les 

Independent 

349

Nutter 

Kevin Riches 

Independent 

264

Van Dyke 

Zöe Angela 

Labour Party 

1,037

And declare that

Elizabeth Jane Chitty
Stephen Alan Hubbard
Stephen Ian Iles

have been duly elected as councillors for the ward.

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

For want of Official Mark 0
For voting for more than 3 candidates 1
For writing or marks by which the voter could be identified 0
For being unmarked or voided for uncertainty 8
Total 9  

Verification statement

I, Neil Davies, being the Returning Officer at the election held on Thursday 2 May 2019, having concluded the verification of ballot papers I declare that: 

The total number of verified ballot papers from the polling stations is 2,299
The total number of verified postal ballot papers is 1,181
The total number of ballot papers verified is 3,480
The electorate as of today is 10,342
The turnout is 33.6%

Neil Davies, Returning Officer, 3 May 2019