Public – Bedford Borough (and its surrounding counties) Constituency

As Returning Officer at the election of members to the Council of Governors for the Public – Bedford Borough (and its surrounding counties) Constituency held between Tuesday, 28 February 2023 and Monday, 27 March 2023, I hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate was as follows:

• Claire Astbury – 154
• Joanne Barrow – 268 – Elected
• Saverio Bongo – 230 – Elected
• Tony Catz – 41
• Jacquie Farhoud – 456 – Elected
• Peter Harper – 62
• Geoffrey Hayward – 95
• Yvette King – 311 – Elected
• Clive Kirkman – 52
• Shish Miah – 45
• Sol Miah – 97
• John Mingay – 199 – Elected
• Buddhdev Pandya MBE – 109
• Tarsem Paul – 161
• Adrian Spurrell – 109
• Nicholas Voogd – 72

I declare that Jacquie Farhoud, Yvette King, Joanne Barrow, Saverio Bongo and John Mingay are duly elected to the Council of Governors.

• Electorate – 2,513
• Total number of votes cast – 569
• Turnout – 22.64%
• Invalid votes cast (see below) – 7
• Total valid votes – 562
• The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:
• No Declaration of Identity received – 5
• No unique identifier – 0
• Voting for more than 5 candidates – 1
• Writing or other identifying mark – 0
• Unmarked ballot paper – 1

Craig Poyser Returning Officer

UK Engage, Image House, 10 Acorn Business Park, Heaton Lane, Stockport SK4 1AS

Tel: 0345 209 3770 Fax: 0161 209 4804

Email: bh@uk-engage.org Tuesday, 28 March 2023