Declaration of Result of Poll

Colchester election of a City Councillors for Highwoods on Thursday 8 December 2022

I, Pam Donnelly, being the Returning Officer at the above election, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each Candidate at the said election is as follows:
 

Name of Candidate	Description (if any)	Number of Votes*
BACON, Pauline Ann	Labour Party	501
BICKERSTETH, Catherine	Labour Party	653 Elected
JAY, Alison Mary	Liberal Democrats	618 Elected
LINGHORN-BAKER, David Edward William	Conservative Party Candidate	413
MARTIN, Richard James	Conservative Party Candidate	430
WHYBORN, Chantelle-Louise	Liberal Democrats	366

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

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:	Number of ballot papers
A Want of an official mark	Nil
B Voting for more Candidates than voter was entitled to	1
C Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	Nil
D Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	Nil
E Rejected in part	Nil
Total	1

Vacant Seats: 2     
Electorate: 7196     
Ballot Papers Issued: 1,543     
Turnout: 21.44 %

And I do hereby declare that Catherine Bickersteth and Alison Mary Jay are duly elected.

Dated Friday 09 December 2022