Fort Pitt
4 May 2023
An election was held in Fort Pitt ward on 4 May 2023 to elect three councillors.
It was the first election to be held in the ward following a boundary review. The Labour and the Co-operative party won all three of the new seats.
Smitha Campbell, Harinder Singh Mahil and Gareth Richard Myton were elected as councillors for the ward.
Result
The following result was declared by the returning officer:
Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Labour and Co-operative |
Smitha Campbell 1,726 | 20.1% | ||
Labour and Co-operative |
Harinder Singh Mahil *1,634 | 19.0% | ||
Labour and Co-operative |
Gareth Richard Myton 1,577 | 18.4% | ||
Conservative |
Rupert David Fearon Turpin *1,028 | 12.0% | ||
Conservative |
Richard Niall Thorne *951 | 11.1% | ||
Conservative |
Gloria Blessing Chukwuka Opara *901 | 10.5% | ||
Green party |
Karen Scott 527 | 6.1% | ||
Liberal Democrat |
Nirmal Sandhu 249 | 2.9% | ||
Turnout | 3,094 | 33.7% | ||
Labour and Co-operative win (new ward) | ||||
Labour and Co-operative win (new ward) | ||||
Labour and Co-operative win (new ward) |
* Denotes a councillor standing for re-election.
To order the candidates by name or number of votes received, click on the appropriate column heading.
Rejected Ballots
The number of votes rejected and not counted at this election was:
Want of Official Mark | 0 | |
Voting for more than the permitted number of candidates | 3 | |
Writing or marks by which the voter could be identified | 0 | |
Unmarked or voided for uncertainty | 18 | |
Total | 21 |
Vote share for the ward is calculated using the "top vote" method, which uses the candidate from each party with the highest number of votes.