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

Brake 

David Frederick 

Conservative Party Candidate 

1,241

Brind 

Jonathan 

Labour Party 

551

Gulvin 

Adrian Victor Henry 

Conservative Party Candidate 

1,091

Heathfield 

Robert John 

Labour Party 

500

Newton 

Stephen 

UKIP 

460

And declare that

David Frederick Brake
Adrian Victor Henry Gulvin

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 2 candidates 3
For writing or marks by which the voter could be identified 0
For being unmarked or voided for uncertainty 19
Total 22  

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 1,233
The total number of verified postal ballot papers is 923
The total number of ballot papers verified is 2,156
The electorate as of today is 7,241
The turnout is 29.77%

Neil Davies, Returning Officer, 3 May 2019