Ward 10- Houston, Crosslee and Linwood

I declare that the result of the election in Ward 10 - Houston-Crosslee and Linwood is as follows.

There are 4 councillors to be elected.

The percentage poll was 48.1%. There were 5,630 valid papers and 112 rejected papers.

The quota of votes for a candidate to be elected is 1,127.

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
Audrey DOIG	Scottish National Party (SNP)	1,204	1
Alison ANN-DOWLING	Scottish Labour Party	786	6
Allan HERON	Scottish Liberal Democrats	162	0
Robert INNES	Scottish National Party (SNP)	774	0
Scott KERR	Scottish Conservative and Unionist	1,574	1
James SHERIDAN	Scottish Labour Party	935	6
Helen Lorraine SPEIRS	Scottish Green Party	195	0
		Total	5,630

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	7
On which the figure '1' standing alone indicating a first preference is set opposite the name of more than one candidate	104
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	1
Total number of ballot papers rejected	112

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