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Ashford Declaration of Result of Poll

Election of a Member of Parliament for Ashford on Thursday 4 July 2024

I, Tracey Kerly, the Returning Officer at the above election, give notice that the number of votes recorded for each Candidate at the said election is as follows:

Ashford Candidates
Name of Candidate Description (if any) Number of Votes*
GREEN, Damian Howard The Conservative Party Candidate 13,483
JOSEPH, Sojan Labour Party 15,262 ELECTED
KENNEDY HARPER, Tristram John Reform UK 10,141
RANSLEY, James Gordon Your Local Consensus Party Candidate 1,289
ROSSI, Amanda
Commonly known as ROSSI, Mandy
The Green Party 4,355
ROWLEDGE, Adam James Liberal Democrats 2,445

*If elected, the word 'Elected' appears against the number of votes.

Rejected ballot papers
The number of ballot paper rejected was as follows: Number of ballot papers
A: Want of an official mark 0
B: Voting for more Candidates than voter was entitled to 29
C: Writing or mark by which voter could be identified 0
D: Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty 135
Total Rejected 164

Vacant Seats: 1

Electorate: 76,233

Turnout: 62%

And I do hereby declare that

JOSEPH, Sojan

is duly elected as the Member of Parliament for the Ashford constituency.

Dated: Friday 5 July 2024