By-Election Result
North Ayrshire Council · 15 May 2024
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NORTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL 15 May 2024 North Ayrshire Council Title: Report of the Returning Officer - Kilwinning By-Election Purpose: To advise on the outcome of the North Ayrshire Council Ward 6 Kilwinning By-Election and on the Declaration of Acceptance of Office by the new Elected Member for that Ward. Recommendation: That the Council notes the result of the Ward 6 Kilwinning By- Election and that the new Elected Member has signed the Declaration of Acceptance of Office. 1. Executive Summary 1.1 This report provides details of the result of the North Ayrshire Council Ward 6 Kilwinning By-Election held on Thursday 9 May 2024 and on the signing of the Declaration of Acceptance of Office by the new Elected Member. 2. Background 2.1 The North Ayrshire Council By-Election for Ward 6 Kilwinning was held on Thursday 9 May 2024 with the electronic verification and counting of votes (eCount) taking place on Friday 10 May 2024 in Nethermains Community Centre, Kilwinning. 3. Proposals 3.1 As Returning Officer, I wish to report that Mary Hume, Scottish Labour Party was elected to serve the Kilwinning Ward of North Ayrshire Council from Friday 10 May 2024, with the full complement of Elected Members for the Kilwinning Ward being as detailed below:- Ward 6 Kilwinning Elected Members No of Members elected to the Ward is 4 Councillor Joe Cullinane (existing Member) Labour and Co-operative Party Councillor Scott Davidson (existing Member) Scottish National Party (SNP) Mary Hume (new Member) Scottish Labour Party Donald Reid (existing Member) Labour and Co-operative Party
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3.2 I wish to further report that the Acceptance of Declaration of Office was duly signed by Mary Hume on 10 May 2024 in the presence of the Council’s Monitoring Officer, Aileen Craig, and in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1973. 3.3 The overall ward turnout was 30.2% of the electorate. The total number of ballots received was 4038. Of these, 3996 (98.96%) were considered valid and 42 (1.04%) were rejected. 4. Implications/Socio-economic Duty Financial 4.1 None arising from this report. Human Resources 4.2 None arising from this report. Legal 4.3 None arising from this report. Equality/Socio-economic 4.4 None arising from this report. Environmental and Sustainability 4.5 None arising from this report. Key Priorities 4.6 None arising from this report. Community Wealth Building 4.7 None arising from this report. 5. Consultation 5.1 None arising with this report. Craig Hatton Returning Officer For further information please contact Aileen Craig, Head of Service (Democratic), Monitoring Officer and Depute Returning Officer, on Tel: 01294 324125. Background Papers 0