Postal votes for the Local Government Election will be counted from Friday with official results not expected from the NSW Electoral Commission until December 22.
Results from yesterday’s count in Singleton, Muswellbrook and Upper Hunter are as follows.
Sue Moore remains ahead for the position of Singleton’s mayor with 5252 first preference votes. Danny Thompson is on 3844, Tony Jarrett is on 3097, and Belinda Charlton on 1720.
In the councillor vote, 14289 of the potential 17,080 first preference votes have been counted.
SINGLETON
Sue Moore 3182
Danny Thompson 2319
Tony Jarrett 1661
Malinda McLachlan 1388
Godfrey Adamthwaite 925
Belinda Charlton 789
Hollee Jenkins 483
Sarah Johnstone 469
Val Scott 356
Tony McNamara 340
Sue George 306
Kay Sullivan 292
Andrew Clifton 296
Calvin DeBeutz 190
John Martin 187
MUSWELLBROOK
A potential 11,654 votes to be counted of which 9448 first preference votes are now in. As of close of voting yesterday, 5.64 per cent of people voted informally.
Results as follows:
Jeff Drayton 1395
Rohit Mahajan 1055
Steve Reynolds 883
De-Anne Douglas 815
Amanda Barry 806
Rod Scholes 609
Darryl Marshall 609
Jennifer Lecky 608
Graeme McNeill 460
Brett Woodruff 323
Malcolm Ogg 255
Jacinta Ledlin 236
Louise Dunn 230
Mark Bowditch 204
Stephen Ward 197
Janelle Eades 157
Jonathan Hoad 73
UPPER HUNTER SHIRE COUNCIL
A potential 10,279 to be counted of which 8779 first preference votes have now been counted providing the following results:
Lee Watts 2368
Maurice Collison 1687
Elizabeth Flaherty 643
Ron Campbell 634
Sue Abbott 617
James Burns 498
Allison McPhee 478
Adam Williamson 444
Tayah Clout 414
Patricia Taylor 289
Belinda McKenzie 159
Chris North 147
