Melksham (Forest)

Number of seats: 5

Candidates for Melksham (Forest) – **Results finalised at 16:15 on Sunday 9 May 2021**
Candidate	Description	Votes
Aves, Pat	Liberal Democrats	500	Elected
Forgacs, Claire	The Conservative Party Candidate	432	Elected
Mr Mitcham, Geoff	Independent	358
Mr Oatley, Jack	Together for Melksham - A Fresh Start	689	Elected
Mr Price, Tom	Together For Melksham - A Fresh Start	477	Elected
Mrs Mortimer, Sue	Together for Melksham - A Fresh Start	495	Elected

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows		Number of ballot papers
A	want of an official mark	0
B	voting for more Candidates than voter was entitled to	0
C	writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
D	being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	9
E	reject in part	0
Total spoiled papers:		9

Vacant Seats: 5

Electorate: 3,966

Ballot Papers Issued: 1,303

Turnout: 32.85%

Note:Boundary is an approximation.

Ward

Full Council

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Earlier: Thursday 2 May 2013 as Melksham (Central)
Full council election; Thursday 19 March 2015 as Melksham (Central)
General election; Thursday 4 May 2017 as Melksham (Central)
5 year cycle; Thursday 11 July 2019 as Melksham (Central)
Neighbourhood Plan Referendum; Thursday 6 May 2021 as Melksham (East)
End of four-year cycle, full council elections.
Later: Thursday 13 July 2023 as Melksham (East)
Resignation of Louisa Lewis; Thursday 5 October 2023 as Melksham (East)
cllr resignation; Thursday 23 May 2024
Resignation of Councillor; Thursday 1 May 2025
four year cycle elections; Thursday 1 May 2025 as Melksham (East)
four year cycle elections

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