Ward 03- Paisley Northeast and Ralston

I declare that the result of the election in Ward 3 - Paisley Northeast and Ralston is as follows.

There are 3 councillors to be elected.

The percentage poll was 54.6%. There were 4,804 valid papers and 86 rejected papers.

The quota of votes for a candidate to be elected is 1,202.

The first preference votes received by each of the candidates and the stage at which any candidate was elected is as follows:

Name of candidate	Affiliation	Number of first preference votes	Stage at which candidate has been elected
Jennifer Marion ADAM-MCGREGOR	Scottish National Party (SNP)	874	9
Lindsay BROWN	Scottish Socialist Party	44	0
Catriona CAMPBELL	Scottish Liberal Democrats	562	0
Billy CARLIN	Independent	50	0
John CLARK	Scottish National Party (SNP)	862	0
Neill GRAHAM	Scottish Conservative and Unionist	1,091	6
Duncan MACINTOSH	Scottish Green Party	170	0
Jim SHARKEY	Scottish Labour Party	835	6
Maureen SHARKEY	Scottish Labour Party	316	0
		Total	4,804

Of the total ballot papers, the following were rejected as void and not counted on account of:

Adjudication Reject Reason	Number
Which does not bear a unique identifying mark in a form that is capable of being read by electronic means	0
On which the figure '1' standing alone is not placed so as to indicate a first preference for some candidate	69
On which the figure '1' standing alone indicating a first preference is set opposite the name of more than one candidate	15
On which anything is written or marked by which the voter can be identified except the printed number and other unique identifying mark on the back	0
Which is unmarked or void for uncertainty	2
Total number of ballot papers rejected	86

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