Minutes:
The Committee considered a report which gave details of the results of the combined all-out Local Government and Mayoral Elections held on Thursday 4th May 2017 and the UK Parliamentary General Election held on Thursday 8th June 2017.
The Electoral Services Manager introduced the report by confirming that this was the first time that all-out Council Elections and the Mayoral Election had been held together and this would be the pattern going forward from this point on. She then summarised the salient points in relation to the outcomes of each election, including the number of electors who had cast their votes on polling day, the number of electors who had voted by post, the number of postal vote packs rejected due to the personal identifiers not matching, and the total turnout in percentages. Detailed summaries of the results of the Local, Mayoral and General Elections were provided in the appendices to the report. In referring to the use of counting sheets at the counts, the Electoral Services Manager advised that further information, including copies of the spreadsheets used at the counts, could be provided to Members upon request.
During subsequent discussion, the Officers answered questions and Members made comments/observations on a range of issues including the following:-
After the Chair had, on behalf of the Committee, thanked Trina Barber and the Elections Team, together with all the staff who had worked on the various elections recently, for their hard work and efforts in ensuring that the elections and subsequent counts had all run smoothly and efficiently, it was
RESOLVED that the report be noted.
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