Mayoral election results 2017

Results of Thursday 4 May 2017 election.

Candidates	Party	First Preference Votes	Second Preference Votes
JABBOUR George	The Conservative Party Candidate	13,575
JONES Ros	Labour Party	32,631 ELECTED
TODD Eddie		5,344
WHITMORE Brian Alfred	UK Independence Party (UKIP)	7,764
WHITWOOD Chris	The Yorkshire Party	3,235
WILLIAMS Steve	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	1,531

The number of ballot papers rejected on first preference votes was as follows:
A want of official mark	0
B giving more than one candidate a first preference vote	519
C writing or mark by which the voter could be identified	15
D unmarked or void for uncertainty as to the first preference vote	490
Total	1024

Statement of Verification

The eligible electorate for this election was 221,789

The number of verified votes is 65,104

Of which:

The number of postal votes issued was 60,067

The number of postal votes returned was 36,087

Making the percentage of postal votes returned 60.08%

Making the overall percentage turnout 29.35%

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Last updated: 06 October 2017 13:04:56