# Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014, Paragraph 3


(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), the formula is—
S 1 + Mwhere—
S the number of members of the council who stood in the name of the party when elected;
M the number of positions of responsibility (if any) which are held by such members of the council (treating the holding of a position of responsibility for each term as a separate position of responsibility).
(2) If at the first annual meeting after a local general election the council by resolution passed by a qualified majority so decides, the formula in sub-paragraph (1) has effect as if M were doubled.
(3) Where the figures given by the formula for two or more parties are equal, each of those figures shall be recalculated with S being equal to the number of first preference votes cast for the party at the last local general election.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/8/schedule/1/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014/schedule-1/paragraph-3
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