I, Neil Davies, being the Returning Officer at the election held on Thursday 2 May 2019 do hereby give notice that the number of votes given for each candidate at the election was as follows: 

Surname Other names Party  Results

Atkinson 

Neil James 

Independent 

382

Back 

Shane Karl 

UKIP 

611

Buckwell 

Christopher Brian, commonly known as Chris 

Conservative Party Candidate 

861

Burke 

Lindsey 

Labour Party 

758

Fahey 

David Frederick 

UKIP 

549

Hill 

Anthony Marcus McNulty 

Labour Party 

755

Igwe 

Isaac Ikechukwu 

Labour Party 

758

Iles 

Josephine Lesley, commonly known as Josie 

Conservative Party Candidate 

938

Kingma 

Marja Astrid 

Green Party 

384

McManus 

Stephen John, commonly known as Steve 

Independent 

269

Thorne 

Richard Niall 

Conservative Party Candidate 

777

Tucker 

Alan James 

Independent 

216

And declare that

Josephine Lesley Iles
Christopher Brian Buckwell
Richard Niall Thorne

have been duly elected as councillors for the ward.

The number of votes rejected and not counted by me at this election was:

For want of Official Mark 0
For voting for more than 3 candidates 2
For writing or marks by which the voter could be identified 0
For being unmarked or voided for uncertainty 6
Total 8  

Verification statement

I, Neil Davies, being the Returning Officer at the election held on Thursday 2 May 2019, having concluded the verification of ballot papers I declare that: 

The total number of verified ballot papers from the polling stations is 1,604
The total number of verified postal ballot papers is 1,131
The total number of ballot papers verified is 2,735
The electorate as of today is 11,206
The turnout is 24.4%

Neil Davies, Returning Officer, 3 May 2019