Declaration of result of polls - Rushden South Ward, North Northamptonshire Council (March 2023)

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Election of a Councillor for North Northamptonshire Council for Rushden South Ward on Thursday 23 March 2023

I, Rob Bridge, being the Returning Officer at the above election, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each Candidate at the said election is as follows:

Name of candidate	Description (if any)	Number of votes
Ashton, Christopher	Labour Party	638
Avery, Cassandra Blythe	Liberal Democrat	157
Coleman, Melanie Anne	Conservative Party Candidate	1210 (Elected)
Merlane, David	Breakthrough Party	120
Morris, William John	Green Party	93

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows	Number of ballot papers
A - want of an official mark	0
B - voting for more Candidates than voter was entitled to	0
C - writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
D - being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	3
E - rejected in part	0
Total	3

Vacant seats: 1
Electorate: 11,543
Ballot papers issued: 2,223
Turnout: 19.3%

And I do hereby declare that Coleman, Melanie Anne is duly elected.

Rob Bridge
Returning Officer
Dated: Friday 24 March 2023

Printed and published by the Returning Officer, Municipal Offices, Bowling Green Road, Kettering, NN15 7QX

Last updated 24 March 2023