Singleton Has Decided
BY DI SNEDDON
The second attempt to hold Singleton Local Government Elections has been successful with nine people to be sworn into their councillor roles on August 30.
Eight of the councillors elected in December last year will return to their positions while Sarah Johnstone, who missed out in 2021 by a handful of votes, will replace Belinda Charlton.
The by-election came about because a failure of the iVote system in December. The NSW Supreme Court determined that the failure could have impacted the result and Singleton, along with Kempsey and one ward in Shellharbour, returned to the polls on July 30.
Of the 17,286 people enrolled in Singleton, 13,259 people voted, a turn out of 76.7 per cent.
Of those 13,259 votes, 12,475 were formal votes with 5.91 per cent informal.
NSW Electoral Commission will not issue fines for those who did not vote in the 2021 election in Singleton. If you did receive a fine, contact the Commission and you will be issued with a refund.
Fines for not voting are $55 and given the figures above, a bill of $221,485 will be issued to residents in Singleton Local Government Election who did not vote on July 30.
How Singleton Voted – First Preference
BROKE ELDERSLIE GLENDON JERRYS KIRKTON MILBRODALE
Godfrey Adamthwaite 15 79 22 14 34 3
Shane Feeney 16 24 2 3 4 6
Malinda McLachlan 19 133 40 18 31 25
Sarah Johnstone 11 74 8 5 24 11
Sue George 23 98 25 14 93 9
Danny Thompson 19 64 45 9 9 6
Tony McNamara 36 42 10 7 26 13
Belinda Charlton 11 21 15 0 17 4
Tony Jarrett 10 74 21 8 20 5
Kay Sullivan 2 17 6 6 2 1
Wayne Riley 4 8 4 2 4 9
Val Scott 11 10 15 14 8 47
Hollee Jenkins 31 26 6 14 21 5
Mt PLEASANT HEIGHTS SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL SINGLETON PUBLIC
Godfrey Adamthwaite 4 174 104 47
Shane Feeney 2 52 25 14
Malinda McLachlan 41 399 255 125
Sarah Johnstone 7 150 127 44
Sue George 10 61 65 42
Danny Thompson 12 258 174 139
Tony McNamara 4 42 60 17
Belinda Charlton 6 71 45 22
Tony Jarrett 5 213 236 82
Kay Sullivan 2 58 29 27
Wayne Riley 3 22 28 12
Val Scott 3 88 70 49
Hollee Jenkins 4 141 72 26
PREPOL DECLARATION POLE POSTAL
Godfrey Adamthwaite 696 11 67
Shane Feeney 162 2 18
Malinda McLachlan 989 15 18
Sarah Johnstone 368 10 47
Sue George 296 4 42
Danny Thompson 1344 12 117
Tony McNamara 201 6 30
Belinda Charlton 230 5 33
Tony Jarrett 820 21 42
Kay Sullivan 246 3 7
Wayne Riley 90 0 8
Val Scott 486 9 37
Hollee Jenkins 446 9 52