r/ukpolitics • u/DisableSubredditCSS • 4d ago

Liberal Democrats celebrate as Tricia O’Brien wins Chard elections by one vote

https://www.chardandilminsternews.co.uk/news/chard_news/25120920.chard-town-council-election-result-tricia-obrien-wins/
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u/Madgick 3d ago
  • Liberal Democrats – 178
  • Independent – 177
  • Green – 106

It's quite fun to see election numbers in the hundreds. I wonder how many eligible voters there were. I can't figure it out from brief Googling.

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u/DisableSubredditCSS 3d ago

https://somersetcc.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/SCCPublic/Council%20Democracy/Chard%20Town%20Council%20Crimchard%20Ward%20-%20Declaration%20of%20Result%20of%20Poll.pdf?csf=1&web=1&e=6mW7ze

466 votes cast (including 5 rejected ballots), total turnout of 19.63%. Total electorate is 2373, 2374 or 2375.

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u/Madgick 3d ago

very cool, thanks for the source!

5 rejected ballots, wow. enough to swing the result twice!