North Southwark and Bermondsey - Election Result

The delaration of the result of the poll

I, Anne Yates, being the Returning Officer at the Parliamentary Election for the North Southwark and Bermondsey Constituency held on 5th May 2005, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows

Name of Candidate	Description	Number of votes
BRANCH         David	The Conservative Party Candidate	4,752
HUGHES         Simon Henry Ward	Liberal Democrats	17,874
LAWANSON     Simisola Cherubium	Christian Peoples Alliance	233
MCNEILL         Kirsty	The Labour Party Candidate	12,468
POORUN        Storm	The Green Party	1,137
ROBSON        Lynnda Noreen	UK Independence Party	791
WINNETT        Paul	National Front Caring For Britain	704

And I do hereby declare that the said Simon Hughes is duly elected.

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows	Number
(A)     want of an official mark	0
(B)     voting for more than one candidate	37
(C)     writing or mark by which voter could be identified	2
(D)     being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	64
(E)     rejected in part	0
TOTAL REJECTED	103

Electorate: 76931     Ballot Papers Issued: 38,062  Turnout: 49.48%

Dated 5th May 2005                                       Anne Yates, Returning Officer