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Declaration of Result of Poll UK Parliamentary Election

Penrith and the Border Constituency Thursday 6 May 2010

I, James Carr, 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) Total Votes
Barbara Ann Cannon Labour Party  5834
Christopher (Chris) Davidson British National Party  1093
John Brian Stanyer UK Independence Party  1259
Rory Stewart Conservative Party  24071
Peter Carlyle Thornton Liberal Democrats  12830

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows: Number of ballot papers
A. want of an official mark  1
B. voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to  21
C. writing or mark by which voter could be identified  0
D. being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty  59
Total  81

Electorate: 64484
Ballot papers verified:  45168
Turnout:  70.04%

And I do hereby declare that Rory Stewart is duly elected.