Count Begins in Local Government Elections
BY DI SNEDDON
Sue Moore is leading the count in the Mayoral Election in Singleton.
Only 5,899 of the potential 17,080 votes have been counted so it is still early days. Postal votes have until December 17 to be received by the Electoral Commission so it could be some time before the formal result is announces.
At this stage, Mrs Moore is ahead in the mayoral vote with 2118 from the initial first preference votes. Tony Jarrett is on 1372, Danny Thompson on 1355 and Belinda Charlton on 785.
Singleton is one of only 34 local government areas in New South Wales where the mayor is elected by a popular vote at the local government elections.
The virtual tally room on the NSW Electoral Commission website provides the following initial first preference voting results for the region for councillors
SINGLETON
(nine to be elected)
Sue Moore 1,273
Danny Thompson 757
Tony Jarrett 689
Malinda McLachlan 616
Belinda Charlton 357
Godfrey Adamthwaite 329
Hollee Jenkins 215
Sarah Johnstone 205
Andrew Clifton 172
Tony McNamara 141
Val Scott 114
Kay Sullivan 95
Sue George 85
Calvin DeBeutz 64
John Martin 63
MUSWELLBROOK
A potential 11,654 votes to be counted of which 3178 first preference votes are in.
Twelve councillors to be elected for Muswellbrook Council.
Results so far:
Jeff Drayton 428
Rohit Mahajan 382
Steve Reynolds 272
De-Anne Douglas 262
Amanda Barry 242
Darryl Marshall 194
Jennifer Lecky 183
Rod Scholes 169
Graeme McNeill 161
Jacinta Ledlin 116
Brett Woodruff 90
Louise Dunn 87
Malcolm Ogg 72
Mark Bowditch 70
Janelle Eades 45
Stephen Ward 40
Jonathan Hoad 26
UPPER HUNTER SHIRE COUNCIL
A potential 10,279 to be counted of which 4033 initial first preference votes gave the following results. Nine councillors will be elected for Upper Hunter Shire Council.
Lee Watts 1026
Maurice Collison 725
Ron Campbell 329
Elizabeth Flaherty 282
Sue Abbott 271
Adam Williamson 219
James Burns 216
Tayah Clout 209
Allison McPhee 204
Patricia Taylor 137
Chris North 70
Belinda McKenzie 68
FIGURES WILL BE UPDATED TUESDAY MORNING AS COUNTING CONTINUES