Ward 05- Paisley East and Central

I declare that the result of the election in Ward 5 - Paisley East and Central is as follows.

There are 3 councillors to be elected.

The percentage poll was 42.6%. There were 3,798 valid papers and 87 rejected papers.

The quota of votes for a candidate to be elected is 950.

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
Samantha ALLAN	Scottish Liberal Democrats	105	0
John CAMERON	Scottish Conservative and Unionist	638	0
Carolann DAVIDSON	Scottish Labour Party	821	5
Stuart Alexander MCAUSLAND	Scottish Labour Party	411	0
John MCNAUGHTAN	Scottish National Party (SNP)	1,007	1
Will MYLET	Scottish National Party (SNP)	608	7
Daniel Alexander SPEIRS	Scottish Green Party	208	0
		Total	3,798

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	77
On which the figure '1' standing alone indicating a first preference is set opposite the name of more than one candidate	6
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	4
Total number of ballot papers rejected	87

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