Only a handful of votes appear to have been counted yesterday in the Local Government Elections for Muswellbrook, Singleton and Upper Hunter.
Sue Moore continues to lead the count in the Mayoral Election in Singleton.
Mrs Moore remains ahead with 5192 from the initial first preference votes. Danny Thompson 3824, Tony Jarrett is on 3083, and Belinda Charlton on 1696.
The virtual tally room on the NSW Electoral Commission website provides the following first preference voting results for the region as of the close of counting on December 9.
In the councillor vote, 13,799 of the potential 17,080 first preference votes have been counted. Of note is that 7.93 percent of people voted informally.
SINGLETON
Sue Moore 3038
Danny Thompson 2269
Tony Jarrett 1617
Malinda McLachlan 1320
Godfrey Adamthwaite 884
Belinda Charlton 751
Hollee Jenkins 468
Sarah Johnstone 452
Val Scott 349
Tony McNamara 332
Sue George 299
Kay Sullivan 286
Andrew Clifton 278
Calvin DeBeutz 183
John Martin 180
MUSWELLBROOK
A potential 11,654 votes to be counted of which 9033 first preference votes are now in. As of close of voting yesterday, 5.76 per cent of people voted informally.
Results as follows:
Jeff Drayton 1354
Rohit Mahajan 1014
Steve Reynolds 845
De-Anne Douglas 782
Amanda Barry 767
Rod Scholes 592
Darryl Marshall 584
Jennifer Lecky 571
Graeme McNeill 447
Brett Woodruff 314
Malcolm Ogg 242
Louise Dunn 226
Jacinta Ledlin 221
Mark Bowditch 186
Stephen Ward 180
Janelle Eades 147
Jonathan Hoad 66
UPPER HUNTER SHIRE COUNCIL
A potential 10,279 to be counted of which 8479 first preference votes have now been counted providing the following results:
Lee Watts 2309
Maurice Collison 1646
Elizabeth Flaherty 626
Ron Campbell 614
Sue Abbott 586
James Burns 483
Allison McPhee 445
Adam Williamson 424
Tayah Clout 397
Patricia Taylor 276
Belinda McKenzie 151
Chris North 136
Informal votes are 4.55per cent to date.
