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Election Ward Candidates
Ward Summary
Election Name:
Local Government Election
Election Date:
05 May 2016
Ward:
Washington West
Registered Voters:
8,854
Ballots Papers Issued:
2,879
(
13
spoilt papers)
Votes Cast:
2,866 (32.5 % Turnout)
Candidate Name
Party
Vote Count
Percentage of Votes
Elected?
Bernard SCAPLEHORN
Labour
1692
59.04
Yes
Lynn O'NEIL
United Kingdom Independence Party
551
19.23
No
Olwyn BIRD
Conservative
384
13.4
No
Jo THOMAS
Liberal democrats
136
4.75
No
Benjamin Luis Robertson WELLS
Green
103
3.59
No
