Rule 56 Declaration of resultI1

Scotland

In a contested election, when the result of the poll has been ascertained, the returning officer shall—

(a)

declare to be elected the candidates who have been deemed to be elected as councillors under this Part;

(b)

give notice of the names of the candidates elected to the proper officer of the council for which the election was held; and

(c)

give public notice of—

(i)

the name of the candidates elected;

(ii)

the number of first and subsequent preferences for each candidate;

(iii)

the numbers of ballot papers transferred and their transfer values at each stage of the count;

(iv)

the number of votes credited to each candidate at each stage of the count;

(v)

the number of non‑transferable ballot papers and the number of non-transferable votes at each stage of the count;

F1(va)

each unique sequence of preferences in which voters chose candidates in the ward, with the number of voters who adopted each of those sequences, and for these purposes a “sequence of preferences” is the order in which a voter gave their preferences to the candidates on the ballot paper, starting with their first preference; and

(vi)

the number of rejected ballot papers under each head shown in the statement of rejected ballot papers.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 1 rule 56(c)(va) inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(3) of the amending S.S.I.) by The Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment (No. 2) Order 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/342), arts. 1(1), 5 (with art. 6(2))

Commencement

I1: Sch. 1 rule 56 in force at 10.11.2011 except for the purposes of any election to be held on or before 2.5.2012, see art. 1(1)

Notes on Schedule 1

Modifications

C1: Sch. 1 modified (16.12.2015) by The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/425), art. 1(1), sch. 5 Pt. 3 (with art. 1(2))