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DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL
Election of a Councillor to
Wells City Council - St. Thomas' Ward
held on Thursday, 7th May 2026
I, Steven Lake, being the Deputy 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) |
Votes Recorded
(E) : Elected
|
Kinshaw, Katherine Jane
(Known as Kat Kinshaw) |
Liberal Democrats |
754 (E) |
|
Mealing, Bernard Keith George
|
Independent |
161 |
|
Mochrie, James Anderson
(known as Jamie Mochrie)
|
Green Party |
338 |
|
Stone, Gregory George
(known as Greg Stone)
|
Reform UK |
302 |
| The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows: |
Number of ballot papers |
| Want of official mark |
0 |
| Voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to |
2 |
| Writing or mark by which voter could be identified |
0 |
| Unmarked or void for uncertainty |
4 |
| Total rejected ballot papers |
6 |
Turnout: 46.18%
And I do hereby declare that the said Katherine Jane Kinshaw is duly elected as a Councillor for Wells City Council -
St Thomas Ward
Dated: 07 May 2026 Signed: Stephen Lake (Deputy Returning Officer)