Part 4 Counting of Votes: Elections using the Simple Majority SystemF1
England and Wales
- 52Overview of rules and interpretation
- 53Attendance at proceedings under this Part
- 54Preliminary and general duties where returning officer is co-ordinating returning officer
- 55Separation of ballot papers etc. where returning officer is co-ordinating returning officer
- 56Preliminary and general duties where returning officer is not the co-ordinating returning officer
- 57Opening of containers etc. where returning officer is not the co-ordinating returning officer
- 58Further provision about postal ballot papers
- 59The count: general
- 60The count: rejected ballot papers
- 61Re-count
- 62Equality of votes
- 63Decision on ballot papers
- 64Declaration of result
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Sch. 2 Pt. 4 heading substituted (9.10.2023) by The Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Single Transferable Vote) (Wales) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/1064), rules 1(2), 8(1)
Notes on Schedule 2
Modifications
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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))