Paragraph 64U Order of exclusionF1

(1)

This rule applies where—

(a)

the returning officer is deciding which candidate to exclude under rule 64S(2),

(b)

two or more candidates each have the same number of votes, and

(c)

no other candidate has fewer votes.

(2)

The returning officer must exclude whichever of the candidates had the lowest number of votes at the earliest stage of the count at which they had an unequal number of votes.

(3)

Where the number of votes credited to the candidates was equal at all stages, the returning officer must—

(a)

decide between the candidates by lot, and

(b)

the candidate on whom the lot falls must be excluded.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 2 Pt. 4A inserted (9.10.2023) by The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Single Transferable Vote) (Wales) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/1064), rules 1(2), 8(2)

Notes on Schedule 2

Modifications

C1: Sch. 2 applied (with modifications) (18.7.2025) by The Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/864), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 paras. 22, 25 (with art. 1(4))