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07:34Arif Hussain Chowdhury, Labour Party, 949
07:44Sarah Louise Schilling-Gilbert, the Green Party candidate, 231
07:52Stephen Alexander Gores, the Conservative Party candidate, 220
07:59Rachel Faith Simmer, Reform UK, 214
08:06The number of ballot papers rejected were 11 and the turnout for this award was 32.6%.
08:13I do hereby declare that Kimberley Emma Barrett is duly elected.
08:24I've been here tonight and it's been a really long night so I won't talk long.
08:28I just wanted to say a couple of thank yous to people.
08:31My ward colleagues, Gerald and Steve, it's been a really tough year for us this year.
08:35We've had our own issues going on but we've been out, we've talked to people, we've listened, which is what we do for our residents.
08:43To our deliverers that have gone out and helped us, particularly Tony who came down and helped me, he's been absolutely fantastic.
08:51I have to say a huge thank you to my colleague Susie, she's been a wonderful mentor, a great friend.
08:57She's gone through her own grief as well and helped me through mine so I couldn't have done this without you.
09:02And lastly as well to my family, you've been absolutely fantastic.
09:07My husband and my father are here today to support me.
09:10My kids have been a godsend, the brick leaflets as well.
09:13But to the people of Milton, it's always been a privilege to serve you these last few years.
09:19And I really look forward to continuing to work with all these different things going forward with you all.
09:24Thank you so much everyone and hopefully we'll be out here soon. Thank you.
09:28Richard James Adair, Liberal Democrat, 903.
09:41Nicholas John Doyle, commonly known as Nick Doyle, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 19.
09:52Gary Richard Biles, Portsmouth Independence, putting Nelson Residents first, 687 votes.
10:03Robin Stanley Head, Labour Party, 505 votes.
10:10Erin Mayne Hunt, Conservative Party Candidate, 223 votes.
10:18Duncan Stewart Robinson, the Green Party Candidate, 99 votes.
10:23And 15 votes were rejected with a total turnout of 23.94%.
10:30Therefore I hereby declare that Richard James Adair is duly elected.
10:40It's been an extremely long night so I'll try and make it as short as possible.
10:43Firstly, a very, very big thank you to all the counting staff. You've been incredible. We couldn't be here without you.
10:49So well done. You've done really, really well.
10:51Another person I just have to thank is Leo Madden. I don't know if you know it.
10:56Leo has been a councillor and absolute stalwart in Nelson Ward for 27 years.
11:02That's probably longer than most of the people in this room have been alive.
11:05The other person I've got to thank, of course, is my husband.
11:10So without leave, how can I put it, it's a gentle art of persuasion.
11:17I would not be here now.
11:19I've also got to thank, of course, the good people of Nelson for putting so much faith into me.
11:25I won't let you down.
11:27And also, yesterday was my birthday.
11:30So thank you very much.
11:33What a wonderful present.
11:35Being a gentleman of a certain age, I got a Tesco's cake, a bus pass and a seat on the council.
11:42So I think a pretty good birthday.
12:06The Conservative Party candidate, 375.
12:10Patrick Charles Keff, Labour Party, 358.
12:16George David Matwick, Portsmouth Independence, putting Portsgrove first, 1,561.
12:25Ian Nathan-McCullough, the Green Party, 84 votes.
12:32And the total number of votes rejected were 10.
12:35The turnout for Portsgrove was 24.3%.
12:39And therefore, I hereby declare that George David Matwick is duly elected.
12:54Okay, can I have the candidates for Eastleigh and Craneswater, please, on stage.
13:00The returning officer at this election did hereby give notice of the number of votes recorded for each of the candidates as follows.
13:07Edward Battery, Labour Party, 1,017 votes.
13:17Nicholas Lee-Dorrington, Liberal Democrat, 1,156 votes.
13:22Tamara Lily T. Barber-O'Brien, the Green Party candidate, 214 votes.
13:33Terrence Christopher William Henderson, commonly known as Terry Henderson, the Conservative Party, 604 votes.
13:42And Jack Smith, Portsmouth Independence, Eastleigh and Craneswater first, 725 votes.
13:53There are a total of 25 votes rejected and a turnout of 38%.
13:59I therefore hereby declare that Nicholas Lee-Dorrington is duly elected.
14:05As I'm sure, it's been a really long night, a long day yesterday, a long evening, I'm sure all very tired.
14:25I've done this speech about three or four times already.
14:30I've done one in the shower earlier before I came here.
14:34That was a blinder. I've got to be honest, I had a standard ovation for that one just about.
14:39I'm only joking, I haven't really had a shower yet.
14:43I've got to say, it's been really long.
14:47So I just want to thank everybody, everyone who supported me on the way through.
14:51Everybody from the Liberal Democrat team, because they're very helpful to us.
14:56And one other thing that's been brought to my attention this evening is,
15:00it's been 18 years since we've had three Liberal Democrat councillors in E&C.
15:06Three years at a man's last moment, now on there are three in E&C.
15:14Thank you, guys.
15:17Candidates and elected nations, please for Cochrane Award, followed by Franklin Award, please, for provisional results to the right hand side of the stage.
15:29Thank you.
15:30The results for Cochrane Award as follows.
15:33I, Nancy Bonacrill, being the returning officer for this election, hereby give notice of the number of votes recorded to reach the candidates as follows.
15:41Andrew Charles Butterworth, commonly known as Andy Butterworth, Labour Party, 640 votes.
15:52Lewis Mark David Gosling, the Conservative Party candidate, 740 votes.
16:00James Howitt, Liberal Democrat, 190 votes.
16:06Tim Sherman Chase, the Green Party candidate, 135 votes.
16:13Lee Matthew Tindall, Hortsmouth Independents, Putting Cochrane Residents First, 1,111 votes.
16:25The total number of ballots rejected were eight, and the turnout for Cochrane Award was 29.1%.
16:32I therefore declare that Lee Matthew Tindall is duly elected.
16:45Very quick, thank you to everyone that's supported me in this, and look forward to representing Cochrane Residents. Thank you.
16:53The results for Cochrane Award as follows.
16:56I, Nancy Bonacrill, being the returning officer for this election, hereby give notice of the number of votes recorded to reach the candidates as follows.
17:05Stuart William Brown, Liberal Democrat, 824 votes.
17:12Samit Menik, Cherrying Isles, the Green Party candidate, 111 votes.
17:20Timothy Edwards, commonly known as Tim Edwards, the Conservative Party candidate, 208 votes.
17:29Steph Richards, Labour Party, 728 votes.
17:35Jacob Lee Short, Hortsmouth Independents, Putting Fratton Residents First, 729 votes.
17:47The total number of 11 ballot papers were rejected, and the turnout for Fratton Award was 24.4%.
17:55I therefore declare that Stuart William Brown is duly elected.
18:08Thank you so much. I'll keep this very brief, particularly because I haven't actually prepared anything.
18:12I've got far, far too many personal thank yous to all the people who helped make this happen, so I will speak to each and every one of you in my own time when my brain is actually functioning.
18:21To the council staff who have made such an efficient operation here tonight, to everyone who is staffing the polling stations, thank you so much for making our democratic process here in Hortsmouth actually happen.
18:31It's been fun. This is a bit strange as well, because three years ago when I was first elected, we were in the height of a pandemic, and those of us in that cohort weren't able to make speeches.
18:41This is actually my first time, despite it being a re-election.
18:44To the people of Fratton, thank you for re-electing me.
18:47As you can see from the results, it was not unanimous. It was not a huge majority, although I have almost doubled the majority I got in with, which is nice.
18:57What I do pledge is that regardless of party or persuasion, I will work with our residents of Fratton, whatever it means to come to me.
19:03So, that's all I can say. Thank you.
19:05Thank you.
19:35Elliot Leigh, the Green Party candidate, 177 votes.
19:40Julian Thomas Lewis, Labour Party, 783 votes.
19:47Mark Zimmer, Reformer UK, 209 votes.
19:52A total number of 27 ballot papers were rejected, and the turnout for St Thomas award was 25.4%.
20:01I therefore hereby declare that Ian Holder is duly elected.
20:18I'll make this quick. First of all, thanks to all the council staff. They've done a brilliant job tonight.
20:24Good morning now. Secondly, my brilliant colleagues in the St Thomas team, Chris, Mark, Rob and our delivery network.
20:33The wider Live Dem team and especially the residents of St Thomas, who keep in touch with me. Thank you.
20:41I notice that the number of votes recorded for each of the candidates in this election are as follows.
20:48Mark Andrew Farwell, Labour Party, 503 votes.
20:56Rachel Rebecca Nolan, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 42 votes.
21:03Darren Sanders, Liberal Democrat, 1,595 votes.
21:08Darren Syme, Ballot of Independence, Putting Baffin's Residence First, 310 votes.
21:17Robert Edmund Simmons, commonly known as Bob Simmons, the Green Party candidate, 173 votes.
21:26Joseph Michael Standen, the Conservative Party candidate, 539 votes.
21:33There are a total of 15 ballots rejected and a turnout of 28.55%.
21:43I do hereby declare that Darren Sanders is duly elected.
21:52Natalie, thank you very much indeed. We're quite good, aren't we?
21:58I'm delighted the Commer has made a comeback and I'm also delighted that the silent majority in our ward has backed the work that Leone, Kadir and I have been doing over the past few years and over the past few decades.
22:14It is a great part of the city and it is truly, truly humbling to be elected for a fourth term to represent the great people of Baffin's, North Milton and South Cockner with a second Commer.
22:26I have to say it is just a ringing endorsement. There are too many people to thank but particularly the thanks to Cara and Mick who called today for which many, many thanks.
22:39The wider Lib Dem team, you know who you are and so we can try and get off, I'll get off so that we can all try and get home before noon.
22:49Thank you very much.
22:55The candidates for this election are as follows.
22:58Charlotte Rachel Garrada, Labour Party, 1,780 votes.
23:10Alison Jane Hall, commonly known as Alison Hall, Conservative Party candidate, 237 votes.
23:19Dylan Alexander Jarman, the Green Party candidate, 208 votes.
23:25Stefan Tottolici, commonly known as Felix Tottolici, Liberal Democrat, 1,298 votes.
23:37Paris Jade Wilson, Portsmouth Independents, Central South Sea Residents First, 130 votes.
23:45A total number of 27 ballots were rejected and the turnout for Central South Sea Ward was 29.9%.
23:54Therefore I hereby do declare that Charlotte Rachel Garrada is duly elected.
24:07Thank you everybody, good morning.
24:10It's been an absolute privilege to have the opportunity to serve again in Central South Sea for another term and I've enjoyed every minute of campaigning.
24:23As some of you might know, I'm a new mum and I've got a baby daughter, Ariana, who I brought with me on the campaign trail.
24:30Tonight was actually meant to be my night off. I think I got the short straw because I haven't had any sleep. She at least gives me a few hours sleep.
24:37Just with campaigning with her, it's only really compounded my respect for working mums everywhere.
24:45So I would like to start by thanking in particular the South Sea mums that have been out campaigning for me, literally with their babies strapped to their backs, going out leafeting.
24:55Thank you so much for all of your help.
24:57I really want to also say thank you to my ward colleague George, who's been my absolute rock always. Thank you so much.
25:03My husband Aaron for his constant support, my election agent Rob for being so brilliant and my mum who has unconditionally supported me.
25:14She's basically moved in to our house and helped every single day so that I could get out and campaign.
25:21So thank you so much mum, she's asleep at the moment but she'll hear this when she wakes up.
25:26I just want to say congratulations to my fellow candidates and a huge thanks to all the staff for working so hard tonight.
25:34And obviously, lastly but definitely not least, my amazing campaign team. Thank you so much for all of your support.
25:41I just wanted to share one final anecdote from today that really resonated with me.
25:47A lady came up to me and she said, I voted for you because you're a mum like me.
25:53And it was really important for me to stand and serve our community both as a woman and also as a mum.
26:00Because diversity in our council is so important and I am totally committed to championing diversity.
26:07Thank you everyone.
26:12Labour Party, 695 votes.
26:18Paul Andrew Bleach, commonly known as Paul Bleachie, the Green Party candidate, 130 votes.
26:26Spencer Roy Gardner, the Conservative Party candidate, 1,389 votes.
26:36Benjamin Simon Portet, Portsmouth Independence, Drayton and Farlington First, 1,267 votes.
26:44And Clare Udie, Liberal Democrat, 193 votes.
26:56The total number of ballots rejected were 14 and the turnout at Drayton and Farlington Ward was 35.22%.
27:05I therefore hereby declare that Spencer Roy Gardner is to be elected.
27:14Thank you.
27:21First and foremost, thank you very much to all of the staff that make the elections work.
27:28Returning officer, deputy returning officer, poll station staff and all of those helping into the air lousers this morning with the count.
27:37A special thank you to my fellow candidates, the ones that are left standing, for a hard-fought and well-humoured contest.
27:48A particular thanks to my wonderful wife who is seven months pregnant and has been doing the lion's share of our 18-month-old daughter as well.
27:59She's been working much harder than me.
28:02Too many of my Conservative colleagues to thank for their help and assistance, not just during this campaign, but in the number of years I've been involved with the party.
28:13A particular thanks to Councillor Simon Bosher, and this is perhaps just as much an endorsement of your time serving Drayton and Farlington as it is mine.
28:22I will work to the best of my ability to serve and look after the residents of Drayton and Farlington. Thank you.
28:53Leonard William Cuell, commonly known as Lee Cuell, the Conservative Party candidate, 282 votes.
29:02Harry Bernard Mallinder, the Green Party candidate, 184 votes.
29:08And Hugh Lawrence Mason, Liberal Democrat, 1,266 votes.
29:23The total number of ballots rejected were 14, and the turnout for St Jude's Ward was 33.73%.
29:33I hereby declare that Hugh Lawrence Mason was duly elected.